Sorry, been away for a bit and only just managing to catch up (hence
the reply to a 10-day-old post).
--- Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lots of folks like Ubuntu.
I've heard a lot of good things about Ubuntu, though I've never
used it. I've heard two bad(?) things about Ubuntu. One
snip
Once you've tried these for a week or so, then slide to a Debian
install. Debian stable will work well - but feels very old
to some people.
snip
I prefer Debian stable. I just want my laptop to work without having to spend
time trying to figure out problems that pop into unstable and
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 01:31:19PM -0500, Frye, David CIV wrote:
snip
Once you've tried these for a week or so, then slide to a Debian
install. Debian stable will work well - but feels very old
to some people.
snip
I prefer Debian stable. I just want my laptop to work without having to
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 10:31:56PM +1100, Arafangion wrote:
Personally, I feel that if one says that they are willing to _pay_, the test
should not recommend Debian, but rather the commercial distributions, that
How is being willing to pay for something because you feel you have to
(for
On Thursday 22 December 2005 15:13, CaT wrote:
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 10:31:56PM +1100, Arafangion wrote:
Personally, I feel that if one says that they are willing to _pay_, the
test should not recommend Debian, but rather the commercial
distributions, that
How is being willing to pay
On Tuesday 20 December 2005 15:01, CaT wrote:
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:31:55PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
It suggested Kubuntu and Mepis for me; it said Debian failed to have my
preferred desktop environment (KDE). What?!! (I'm using KDE on Debian
right this moment.) Oh well.
I didn't like
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Arafangion wrote:
Personally, I feel that if one says that they are willing to _pay_, the test
should not recommend Debian, but rather the commercial distributions, that
bundle nice stuff out of the box.
the folks willing to pay real $$$ will usually dictate what the
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:27:27PM -0300, Gabriel wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
Never take the advice of people who use spellings like
kewel, n33t, and abbreviate you to u, etc.
Could you please explain me why? Just to know
And what does kewel means? :-P
am I very ignorant?
No. They are.
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On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:27:27PM -0300, Gabriel wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
Never take the advice of people who use spellings like
kewel, n33t, and abbreviate you to u, etc.
Could you please explain me why? Just to know
And what does kewel means? :-P
am
On 12/20/05, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:27:27PM -0300, Gabriel wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:Never take the advice of people who use spellings likekewel, n33t, and abbreviate you to u, etc.
Could you please explain me why? Just to knowAnd what
Aaron Stromas wrote:
On 12/20/05, *Kent West* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:27:27PM -0300, Gabriel wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
Never take the advice of people who
Arafangion wrote:
On Tuesday 20 December 2005 15:01, CaT wrote:
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:31:55PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
It suggested Kubuntu and Mepis for me; it said Debian failed to have my
preferred desktop environment (KDE). What?!! (I'm using KDE on Debian
Chinook wrote:
I have an X86 based PC (with a ATI AIW 8500 card) on my LAN that I'm
expunging XP from and am trying to decide which Linux to install. I AM
NOT :-) looking for a heated debate of which is best (whatever that
means), but rather which might better facilitate a couple personal
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
Chinook wrote:
I have an X86 based PC (with a ATI AIW 8500 card) on my LAN that I'm
expunging XP from and am trying to decide which Linux to install. I
AM NOT :-) looking for a heated debate of which is best (whatever that
means), but rather which might better
Kent West wrote:
Chinook wrote:
am trying to decide which Linux to install.
1) My wife will be using it for documents and communication. I'm sure
OpenOffice will satisfy the documents use, and she prefers Thunderbird
and Firefox for communications. Oh yes, she says she has to have her
Mike McCarty wrote:
Kent West wrote:
Chinook wrote:
am trying to decide which Linux to install.
1) My wife will be using it for documents and communication. I'm sure
OpenOffice will satisfy the documents use, and she prefers Thunderbird
and Firefox for communications. Oh yes, she
On 12/19/05, Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kent West wrote: Chinook wrote:am trying to decide which Linux to install.1) My wife will be using it for documents and communication.I'm sureOpenOffice will satisfy the documents use, and she prefers Thunderbird
and Firefox for communications.Oh
Mike McCarty wrote:
Chinook wrote:
...
Hmm, just looked this over. I hope it isn't overkill/too long/
confusing. I might point out that as far as *using* Linux, there's
very little difference between distros. It's in *system admin*
where they differ from each other, mostly. ...
Not at all
Sorry Mike - I left an l off the end of the link
I wrote the article:
http://homepage.mac.com/lee_cullens/Bx3.html
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Chinook wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
Chinook wrote:
...
[snippy]
I wrote the article:
http://homepage.mac.com/lee_cullens/Bx3.htm
Hmm, browser couldn't find that URL...
[more snippy]
One possibility (and one I recommend, actually) is to get LiveCDs and
run off them for a while.
Mike McCarty wrote:
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
Chinook wrote:
I have an X86 based PC (with a ATI AIW 8500 card) on my LAN that I'm
expunging XP from and am trying to decide which Linux to install. I
AM NOT :-) looking for a heated debate of which is best (whatever
that means), but
Gabriel wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
[snip]
Oh, one piece of advice I forgot to mention:
Never take the advice of people who use spellings like
kewel, n33t, and abbreviate you to u, etc.
Could you please explain me why? Just to know
And what does kewel means? :-P
am I very ignorant?
On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 21:27 -0300, Gabriel wrote:
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/
Wonderful test. It says I should be using Debian :-)
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Gabriel wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
Chinook wrote:
I have an X86 based PC (with a ATI AIW 8500 card) on my LAN that I'm
expunging XP from and am trying to decide which Linux to install. I
AM NOT :-) looking for a heated debate of which is best (whatever
Mike McCarty wrote:
Gabriel wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
Chinook wrote:
I have an X86 based PC (with a ATI AIW 8500 card) on my LAN that
I'm expunging XP from and am trying to decide which Linux to
install. I AM NOT :-) looking for a heated debate of which
It suggested Kubuntu and Mepis for me; it said Debian failed to have mypreferred desktop environment (KDE). What?!! (I'm using KDE on Debian
right this moment.) Oh well.--Kent
It says that because Debian doesn't have a preference or default.
It would claim that Debian doesn't have Gnome either.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:31:55PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
It suggested Kubuntu and Mepis for me; it said Debian failed to have my
preferred desktop environment (KDE). What?!! (I'm using KDE on Debian
right this moment.) Oh well.
I didn't like the fact that there wasn't a 'Neither' or 'Other'
On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 10:45:37PM -0500, Chinook wrote:
I have an X86 based PC (with a ATI AIW 8500 card) on my LAN that I'm
expunging XP from and am trying to decide which Linux to install. I AM
NOT :-) looking for a heated debate of which is best (whatever that
means), but rather which
Chinook wrote:
am trying to decide which Linux to install.
1) My wife will be using it for documents and communication. I'm sure
OpenOffice will satisfy the documents use, and she prefers Thunderbird
and Firefox for communications. Oh yes, she says she has to have her
card games :))
2)
Chinook wrote:
Kent West wrote:
Chinook wrote:
am trying to decide which Linux to install.
Pretty much any distro will do the things you've specified; I don't
think these criteria will suffice for choosing a distro. You may have to
move to other criteria (such as the Freedom argument,
Chinook wrote:
I have an X86 based PC (with a ATI AIW 8500 card) on my LAN that I'm
expunging XP from and am trying to decide which Linux to install. I AM
NOT :-) looking for a heated debate of which is best (whatever that
means), but rather which might better facilitate a couple personal
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