> J. R. Seago wrote:
> Why Ubuntu? If you're going to use Debian, why not install Debian, and
not
> an imitation? If you're going to use an imitation, no matter how good,
then
> why not Knoppix?
This is one of my pet hates, so sorry if this comes out harsh. The answer
to a newcomers questio
On Wednesday 28 February 2007 22:07, "babaguy"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> but the trouble is there *are* (mostly) no discernable icons, and when
> there *is* an icon on the desktop, there's nothing in it! It's just a
> pretty little picture lurking on my G-noam-ie...Onward ! (and Thank you
> all
Ben Thorp wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Install instructions for Opera are online at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OperaBrowser including instructions for
> 5.10
>
> The Ubuntu is very complete - a quick search for "ubuntu opera" on Google
> led me to this page within seconds.
Thus the axiom "Go
OK - lets step through some of this.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 28/02/2007 09:53:23:
> Dear All, Well, I am now to the point where I realise that Linux
> is really only ever going to be a hobby, as it just seems to require
> so much time to simply make up its mind to *function*...(or for
babaguy wrote:
> Dear All, Well, I am now to the point where I realise that Linux is really
> only ever going to be a hobby, as it just seems to require so much time to
> simply make up its mind to *function*...(or for me to read its mind and
> discover how to make it do stuff..!)I have Ub
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 04:53:23AM -0500, babaguy wrote:
> Dear All, Well, I am now to the point where I realise that Linux is really
> only ever going to be a
hobby, as it just seems to require so much time to simply make up its mind to
*function*...(or for me
to read its mind and discov
Dear All, Well, I am now to the point where I realise that Linux is really
only ever going to be a hobby, as it just seems to require so much time to
simply make up its mind to *function*...(or for me to read its mind and
discover how to make it do stuff..!)I have Ubuntu (as I'm sure you k
