-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/08/07 15:38, Joe Hart wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 05/08/07 14:17, Joe Hart wrote: >> [snip] >>> <flame> >>> Joe Hart is not worthy of being an ethicist. Although he does have >>> strong opinions, that is exactly what they are. I mean come on, the guy >>> isn't really running Debian. He uses Sidux. What kind of ethical >>> statement is that? >>> </flame> >> Ethics has nothing to do with it. He's just not manly enough to run >> Sid. > > > Is that what it is? Hmm, I could, but then I would be begging this list > for help all the time. ;) Well, maybe I should do that anyway since I > do have one problem that I cannot seem to solve. > > Considering that I am still a noob, I can feel proud that I can pluck > things from experimental and still have no broken packages. I have even > managed to edit a few files and written a couple of scripts, Oh boy.
Heh. Everyone starts out as a newbie. My first Linux was pre-installed Mandrake. I'd have never survived Debian back then when Woody was still Testing. > Why don't I run Sid? The same reason many others run Lenny. They are > afraid of Sid. Although I have to say, problems get fixed in Sid long > before they get fixed in Lenny, and as I am getting more familiar with > Debian, I am becoming less afraid of it. At least I am no longer > running Kubuntu. I got bored with Etch because it is too stable for me > to learn how to fix things. I was planning on running Lenny when I > found Sidux. It seemed the best fit for me. Maybe I should try Sid > directly and see what the difference is. I have a feeling that it is > less than I think, but there's only one way to find out. > > But I would not recommend people new to GNU/Linux to run Sid. I still > only have less than a year's experience. It's only been a couple of > months since I formatted my ntfs partition. Too true. I recommend Ubuntu to newbies, especially those who only know Windows. > Tomorrow my Etch is going to turn into Sid. I let you know how it does. > Worst case scenario I can reinstall Etch. > > I accept your challenge. I hope your /home is on a separate partition!!!! - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGQOKnS9HxQb37XmcRAggvAJ4+r6uYYg1iKYKXyce8Zw9WGtlh+wCfTGZC WaPGbnNYJr294qIGcuAG2bo= =gpGu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]