Re: [xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

Thank you Fred, I certainly will. Have quite a lot to learn myself hehe and the documentation section is certainly one where I will be spending a good part of my free time :) On 15 May 2017 03:47, "fred roller" wrote: On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Joao Monteiro

Re: [xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

On Sun, 14 May 2017 14:12:18 +0530, Subhadip Ghosh wrote >On Sunday 14 May 2017 07:29 AM, Joao Monteiro wrote: >> [snip] ZX Spectrum >> [snip]they all required the use of the command line in one way or >> another, to edit files, change their contents here or there, save >> them and

Re: [xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

Hello Joao, Thanks for sharing this very interesting story. For the most part, I do agree to the points you mentioned about casual computer users not caring enough about the installation details and just wanting things to work out of the box. I do feel that the Linux world is slowly marching

Re: [xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

On 14/05/17 15:46, fred roller wrote: Joao, excellent points you made. I am not a programmer. My intro to Linux came when I converted my entire office (back when I had an office) to Linux. Trial and error, I landed here with Xubuntu as the hands down, overall, easiest distro to deal with for

Re: [xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

Joao, excellent points you made. I am not a programmer. My intro to Linux came when I converted my entire office (back when I had an office) to Linux. Trial and error, I landed here with Xubuntu as the hands down, overall, easiest distro to deal with for new users. My contribution is more on

Re: [xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

João, Estou cem percento contigo! sorry about my English accent :) Brasileiro ou da Europa? Xubuntu is exactly what I want. So long I spent in the wastelands of MS :( I don't care about the details, just happy that these guys make the effort Cheers to you all! Leigh On

[xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

Hi again folks, Thank you for your replies and understanding, appreciated. Not sure this will be the right place for this reply, but it is on topic (of gratefulness and history on how I got here). So please feel free to move it to wherever it may be appropriate and let me know so that I don’t

Re: [xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

On 13/05/17 23:12, chris wrote: > On 14/05/17 07:25, Peter Flynn wrote: >> On 13/05/17 20:22, Joao Monteiro wrote: >>> Hi, >>> > >> Delighted to hear it. >> >>> Basically, I found a Xubuntu Xfce (desktop) version available for >>> download for 32 and 64 bit machines; downloaded both, installed

[xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

Hi, Newbie to Linux, so please cut me some slack - but by all means Do joke and have a laugh, humour IS important. I don't even know if I will be able to get back to this list to read anything or post anything else, I really don't. But I want to say this for whatever it may be worth to anyone