Ahh! Now I get it. The perils of reading these individually in email. Thanks!
I agree with him then. He should not feel obliged to buy new equipment. Roy Using Kubuntu 11.04, 64-bit Location: Canada On 30 June 2011 10:53, c beck <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:54 AM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > > I get the time bit, but $. Has he paid for support and not got it? It > makes > > it sound like he is trolling and spreading FUD that Ubuntu costs money > and > > is not worth the effort. It is not for everybody, but it is free as in > beer > > and as in freedom. That is meaningful to many who choose Linux. > > > > Roy > > I believe the majority opinion (or at least voiced by a few) was that > Fred probably needed to purchase some external modem that would play > nicer with Linux. Might have been considering that he needed to buy > more magazines to get linux distributions to test if dialup was > natively supported there. In any case, I do not think Fred was a > troll. He was just someone trying to get a dialup connection to use > internet with his linux OS, and it ended up being more work than he > was prepared to do. The bickering between members here and some > conflicting information might not have helped. > > In the end, some really enjoy the learning and tinkering process. > Others want their OS to work without fuss. Even as much as I enjoy > the learning, I was put off linux on two separate occasions because I > couldn't get wireless to work and was living in an apartment at the > time where wireless was my only option. It was only when I finally > had some time and proper motivation (about 2 years after I first > tried) that I finally decided to conquer the learning curve and figure > out how to get things going. It also helped that I had at that point > been using the Bash and Korn shells for a year and a half at work, so > it was all a lot less intimidating than it initially seemed. > > Cheers, ~Chris > > > > > > Using Kubuntu 11.04, 64-bit > > Location: Canada > > > > > > On 29 June 2011 16:12, Fred Lieberman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> ** > >> > >> > >> Thank you for all the help you have offered. I have decided to move on > and > >> not spend anymore time and $ on trying to make Ubuntu a part of my life. > I > >> have firewood to stack and other things to do that are more important > than > >> spending hours on something I find too hard to understand. > >> > >> Again, thank you. > >> > >> Fred > >> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
