On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 19:15, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@iglu.org.il> wrote: > Yes, I did. I thought it was fair to mention Ubuntu because it appears to be > the most popular distribution right now, especially for beginners and one of > the most polished ones. I've also decided to forget about their treatment of > me in the past (seeing that it wasn't important for the prosperity of the > community as a whole.). >
That is very pragmatic and mature of you. Seriously, I'm impressed! > OK, I'll consider removing the sainthood part. I may prove of some help with > KDE, given my time constraints, but I'm not an expert in either C++ or KDE. Thanks, if I get horribly stuck I'll post to linux-il. I assume that C++ for KDE coding is ontopic there. > Today I was reminded of this quote from > http://www.perl.com/pub/1999/09/topaz.html : > > {{{ > Now I'd like to ask how many of you do not know anything about C++? Okay, a > fair number, so I'm going to have to explain—everyone else is lying. Two kinds > of people: people who say that they know C++ and the truthful. > }}} > > I used to feel that Salzenberg was joking in saying that, but now, many years > later, I realise how he was correct in saying that. > Einstein had a similar quote about understanding relativity. I generalise both statements to "be humble, and continue to learn". That's why I don't claim to be an expert in anything. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
