Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-09-04 Thread sameer shinde
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:33 AM, stevest...@lonetwin.net wrote: Dear Quavering Hopper, snip You can choose right now to seek out and find that one distro that makes you happy or just keep on installing distro's every other month and then one day when you are old, wake up wondering where

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-19 Thread Rony
Devdas Bhagat wrote: On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:22:18PM +0530, Kartik Mistry wrote: It is known that every newbie starts like this and ends up with Debian (http://www.debian.org) after seeing their productivity suffers at some point of time. I thought newbies ended up using either

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-18 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Suhit Kelkarsuhitkel...@gmail.com wrote: Productivity hasn't suffered, because I do writing/translation for a living, and OpenOffice is there on anything these days, but I suppose this installmania is a worrying symptom? It is known that every newbie starts

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-18 Thread Anurag
2009/8/18 steve st...@lonetwin.net: Although changing distros nearly every month might seem like fun in the beginning, such a promiscuous lifestyle has its consequences. It is a natural primal instinct to install as many distros as one can to ensure longevity of [snip] You can choose right now

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-18 Thread aditya
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:33 AM, stevest...@lonetwin.net wrote: Dear Quavering Hopper, Best.Mail.Ever. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-18 Thread Devdas Bhagat
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:22:18PM +0530, Kartik Mistry wrote: It is known that every newbie starts like this and ends up with Debian (http://www.debian.org) after seeing their productivity suffers at some point of time. I thought newbies ended up using either vi or emacs. Oh, and Perl.

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-18 Thread b
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:33 AM, stevest...@lonetwin.net wrote: Dear Quavering Hopper, Best.Mail.Ever. +1 -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-18 Thread Sarfaraz Kazi
2009/8/18 steve st...@lonetwin.net: Dear Quavering Hopper, Although changing distros nearly every month might seem like fun in the beginning, such a promiscuous lifestyle has its consequences. It is a natural primal instinct to install as many distros as one can to ensure longevity of one's

[ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-17 Thread Suhit Kelkar
Dear GNU/Linux Users Anonymous, Let me confess it. I am a distro junkie. I change distros nearly every month. I really like distro X, which I'm sending this on. Yet I'll end up installing something else a couple of months later. Productivity hasn't suffered, because I do writing/translation

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-17 Thread Mehul Ved
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Suhit Kelkarsuhitkel...@gmail.com wrote: Dear GNU/Linux Users Anonymous, Let me confess it. I am a distro junkie. I change distros nearly every month. I really like distro X, which I'm sending this on. Yet I'll end up installing something else a couple of

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-17 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tuesday 18 Aug 2009 8:58:53 am Mehul Ved wrote: Productivity hasn't suffered, because I do writing/translation for a living, and OpenOffice is there on anything these days, but I suppose this installmania is a worrying symptom? If productivity hasn't suffered why are you worried?

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-17 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:37:00AM +0530, Suhit Kelkar wrote: Dear GNU/Linux Users Anonymous, Let me confess it. I am a distro junkie. I change distros nearly every month. I really like distro X, which I'm sending this on. Yet I'll end up installing something else a couple of months

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-17 Thread steve
Dear Quavering Hopper, On 08/18/2009 08:37 AM, Suhit Kelkar wrote: Dear GNU/Linux Users Anonymous, Let me confess it. I am a distro junkie. I change distros nearly every month. I really like distro X, which I'm sending this on. Yet I'll end up installing something else a couple of months

Re: [ILUG-BOM] distro junkie

2009-08-17 Thread narendra sisodiya
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Suhit Kelkar suhitkel...@gmail.com wrote: Dear GNU/Linux Users Anonymous, Let me confess it. I am a distro junkie. I change distros nearly every month. Few suggestions : * Try GoboLinux if you havenot * Try Making your own Distro * Document weak