On 2/7/06, Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > do not spoil the fresh air. As one of the members have pointed out, I > can do some hacking on Gaim by downloading its source code, etc.. I am > already on my way my dear friend! And by the way I had tried > contacting Google long time back but to no avail. I definitely find > your patronosing attitude exteremely disgusting.
Some unsolicited advice about posting. Rule # 1 for a mailing list: Be careful of what you say. What you say is archived and searchable. You may have to eat your words and whats worse that too in public. The web have a way of outliving people. Rule # 2 There is no Rule # 2. Read Rule #1 again. > But do you realise > that there are scores of people who do not give a damn about hacking > Gaim, who would love to use GNU/Linux if only they had an easy way to > solve some of their problems. Linux is not for everyone. Computer are not specific purpose devices like toasters or microwaves (Who am I kidding? Even these have become increasingly complicated and ship with manuals. Anyways I digress). A computer is not an appliance which when switched on does the work you want. Learning about computers requires quite a bit of time and effort. For information about programming I may point you to Peter Norvigs excellent essay about programming. http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html There will be times when any OS/App will not solve my problem. Eg. No matter how hard I try I can never get some applications to work on Windoze properly. Since I do not have the source I cannot tweak them. Linux gives me that choice and I do it judiciously. If some people see this as a problem there are other OSes which can give them better (hopefully) solutions. > Someone also pointed out that Mark had asked us to leave the WIndows > users alone, and concentrate on new users. Interesting point, but can > you tell me how you would keep the 'new' user 'glued' to GNU/Linux > after they find that they can not use their favourite IM service from > behind the proxy? Not everyone has the energy to scour the net and > hack around to arrive at a solution. I have the time to do it, but > hardly any one else has. As I said Linux is not for everyone. Learning requires some effort. Besides so many app don't work out-of-the-box even on windows. Also as someone pointed out earlier this problem has already been solved. On Windoze, a lot of time and effort is also spent on keeping malware out. > So Mr. Philip, Mr. Joshi, and the others, if you can not stand some > healthy tips, do not stand them, but do not spoil the atmosphere by > your raves and rants! Well I followed the thread and both of them have volunteered some excellent information which you have probably did not care to read. I haven't encountered this problem yet but now I can refer to the earlier thread and get some useful pointers. --> Vinayak H -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
