On Tuesday 30 October 2018 13:29:24 Brian wrote: > On Tue 30 Oct 2018 at 12:45:21 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 30 October 2018 11:20:28 Ric Moore wrote: > > > On 10/30/18 10:55 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 30 October 2018 10:37:03 Ric Moore wrote: > > > >> On 10/30/18 9:16 AM, Will Mengarini wrote: > > > >>>> I TRIED TO INSTALL DEBIAN MANY TIMES BUT FAILED BADLY. I > > > >>>> NEVER USED DEBIAN. I believe whoever reading this mail is far > > > >>>> more knowledgeable and experienced than me and having good > > > >>>> knowledge of Linux. Please help me! > > > >> > > > >> First, the entire notion of an email list is to have a > > > >> searchable problem which leads to a "SOLVED" resolution. Your > > > >> subject line needs to be relevant to your problem for others > > > >> after you to find it. Otherwise every plea for "Help me!" > > > >> demands that you personally only benefit for the help given. > > > >> Learn how to ask for help. > > > >> https://unix.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask > > > >> ...otherwise you are wasting the list resources. Ric > > > > > > > > +1. From one of the lists more prolific offenders, me. > > > > > > We;; you have been "grandfathered" in! Ric > > > > Both of us, but at 84, I'm still walking, short distances anyway, > > usually with a stick though. But one Miller64 a day sure is hard on > > a would be alky. Is good bbq sauce still your downfall? > > > > Sorry we ran off topic here folks, but I've known Ric for a lot > > longer than he's been subbed to _this_ list. And we're almost > > neighbors, but the mountains get in the way. Mountains covered in > > roads laid out by a copperhead, with a sidewinder someplace in its > > dna. You can drive at the roads comfortable speed and get 12 mpg at > > 35 mph peak, or you can get in a hurry showing somebody how its > > done, and hit 50 mph at 3 mpg. BTDT, steering with the throttle. > > Gas stations too far apart too, good thing that 83 ford 4wd pickup > > had dual tanks in 1986. > > You are incorrigible! > And at times proud of it.
> Please do not take this as encouragement to post further off-topic. > Still, I have learnt a lot from your posts - mainly in the "how not > to do it" category. :) But they can be very educational too, if one is willing to try. But thats up to you. > Cheers, > > Brian. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
