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Post #187,544
by imric
12/20/04 2:56:57 PM
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New Just because Debian
and Debian-based distros are the favorites here, doesn't mean that 'Only Debian fans need post in the Linux forum. Other distros are tolerated (barely)', IMO. That makes the Linux forum sound harsher than it is... I can't dispute that Debian (and Debian based distros) are the favorite here, but 'tolerated (barely)'? Nah. Just don't be surprised if someone attempts to wean you from another distro to Debian.
Imric's Tips for Living
  • Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
  • Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
  • Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.


Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
 
 
Post #187,547
by bepatient
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12/20/04 3:06:52 PM
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New One of the converted
I was RH and Mandrake (laptops) exclusively. Some dude from CA came to the annual bash (coffee maker in hand) and showed me the error of my ways in about 11 minutes (the amount of time it took to upgrade his system to latest build using apt-get and my high speed wireless).

If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
Post #187,560
by jb4
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12/20/04 4:19:15 PM
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New Fair enough...
...My biggest problem with Debian (or any other 'techie' distro) is wading through the alphabet soup we're just assumed to already know...because, of course, we're techies.

I'm just TLA-impaired I guess....
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
Post #187,562
by pwhysall
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12/20/04 4:39:16 PM
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New Click Ze Link In My Sig
If you want the Debian goodness without the pain, then Ubuntu Linux is for you.

Peter
[link|http://www.ubuntulinux.org|Shill For Hire]
[link|http://www.kuro5hin.org|There is no K5 Cabal]
[link|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org|Home]
Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #187,571
by drewk
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12/20/04 5:36:07 PM
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New But without the pain, how can you appreciate the goodness?
Do you take your yang without yin?

Your tired without sick?

Your ready without good?
===

Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link|http://DocHope.com|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats].
[link|http://DocHope.com|http://DocHope.com]
Post #187,579
by jb4
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12/20/04 6:29:55 PM
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New No, but I take my sunrise w/ or w/o tequila...
;-\ufffd
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
Post #187,581
by jb4
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12/20/04 6:34:08 PM
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New Re: Click Ze Link In My Sig
OK, went to [link|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org/|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org/], found a link to unstable Debian, but no link to Ubuntu.

Not to worry...Google is my friend...
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
Post #187,590
by ben_tilly
12/20/04 6:56:49 PM
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New Try all of the links in his .sig...
Then do a Homer impression and say, D'oh!

Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #187,591
by jb4
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12/20/04 7:01:34 PM
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New Oh, I get it...
"Shill for Hire" doesn't link to his resume (or CV for you Continentals...).

D'Oh!...
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
     Greetings! - (miranda) - (119) - Dec. 19, 2004, 04:48:58 AM EST
         Well . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 19, 2004, 06:11:05 AM EST
         We're mostly a collection of techo geeks - (jbrabeck) - Dec. 19, 2004, 06:39:42 AM EST
         With a sig about a stolen accordian... - (Silverlock) - (1) - Dec. 19, 2004, 06:44:14 AM EST
             Nah - Simpsons quote. -NT - (imric) - Dec. 19, 2004, 12:40:23 PM EST
         Rule #1. - (pwhysall) - (22) - Dec. 19, 2004, 07:42:41 AM EST
             ROFL. -NT - (imric) - Dec. 19, 2004, 07:50:26 AM EST
             <grin> -NT - (slugbug) - Dec. 19, 2004, 12:21:09 PM EST
             Yeah, I guess Barbara wore that one out pretty fast. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 19, 2004, 12:33:45 PM EST
             LOL - (FuManChu) - (18) - Dec. 19, 2004, 03:55:00 PM EST
                 LOL - (ben_tilly) - (17) - Dec. 19, 2004, 03:58:34 PM EST
                     What do you mean, "join"? - (pwhysall) - (16) - Dec. 19, 2004, 04:41:22 PM EST
                         Success! Again! -NT - (ben_tilly) - (15) - Dec. 19, 2004, 04:54:10 PM EST
                             s/Success/Failure/ - (pwhysall) - (14) - Dec. 19, 2004, 05:07:44 PM EST
                                 It is so fun to watch you try to hide your annoyance -NT - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 19, 2004, 06:16:33 PM EST
                                     It's fun to watch you think that's what I'm doing :p -NT - (pwhysall) - Dec. 19, 2004, 06:18:27 PM EST
                                 Mine's bigger. - (Another Scott) - (11) - Dec. 20, 2004, 03:24:30 PM EST
                                     Yeah, but... - (pwhysall) - (3) - Dec. 20, 2004, 01:07:59 AM EST
                                         Woo and Yay . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Dec. 20, 2004, 01:29:47 AM EST
                                             I'm trying to put all that behind me. -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 01:57:47 AM EST
                                                 :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Dec. 20, 2004, 08:19:45 AM EST
                                     So its YOU whose messing up my screen - (jb4) - (3) - Dec. 20, 2004, 01:58:58 PM EST
                                         Not a problem at 1920x1440. ;-j Fixored. -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - Dec. 20, 2004, 03:46:39 PM EST
                                             Thanx- - (jb4) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 04:13:10 PM EST
                                                 It's a tube. Sony G520P. Not made any more. :-( -NT - (Another Scott) - Dec. 20, 2004, 04:44:01 PM EST
                                     Getting cold in here? -NT - (imric) - Dec. 20, 2004, 03:29:09 PM EST
                                     No need to have edited - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 03:42:07 PM EST
                                         Now THAT would be a blow to his ego... -NT - (jb4) - Dec. 20, 2004, 04:14:09 PM EST
         Salutations -NT - (bepatient) - Dec. 19, 2004, 09:20:33 AM EST
         Hey. - (Another Scott) - Dec. 19, 2004, 09:39:28 AM EST
         good morning - (daemon) - (2) - Dec. 19, 2004, 09:59:49 AM EST
             Flames and retards... Nice... - (jb4) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 02:00:44 PM EST
                 :-) -NT - (daemon) - Dec. 20, 2004, 05:10:48 PM EST
         welcome... - (slugbug) - Dec. 19, 2004, 12:26:33 PM EST
         You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say... - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Dec. 19, 2004, 03:50:31 PM EST
             The first I thought of was . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Dec. 19, 2004, 04:58:38 PM EST
                 ObMeToo -NT - (broomberg) - Dec. 19, 2004, 05:50:42 PM EST
             Still is, isn't he? (I'd assume...) -NT - (CRConrad) - (2) - Dec. 20, 2004, 02:50:08 AM EST
                 Bad assumption - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 02:53:06 AM EST
                     Ah. But my (approximate) recollection of his age was right. - (CRConrad) - Dec. 20, 2004, 03:05:08 AM EST
         Re: Greetings! - (miranda) - (5) - Dec. 19, 2004, 07:30:49 PM EST
             Pics are nice and do you know any of our other OZ's? - (daemon) - (3) - Dec. 19, 2004, 07:34:46 PM EST
                 Wasn't me. - (static) - (2) - Dec. 19, 2004, 09:34:10 PM EST
                     Nor me... - (Meerkat) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 07:45:54 AM EST
                         Your .sig is very appropriate at the moment - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 20, 2004, 12:51:15 PM EST
             Hello - (broomberg) - Dec. 19, 2004, 08:05:32 PM EST
         welcome to the looney bin - (cforde) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 02:13:20 AM EST
             Make yourself at home :) -NT - (Arkadiy) - Dec. 21, 2004, 03:02:35 PM EST
         Re: Greetings! - (miranda) - (3) - Dec. 20, 2004, 04:18:24 AM EST
             +3 for not calling yourself - (Ashton) - (2) - Dec. 20, 2004, 06:49:01 AM EST
                 What, don't you think "barista" is bad enough??? - (CRConrad) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 08:26:44 AM EST
                     Mixologist = Carl Cox, frexample. - (pwhysall) - Dec. 20, 2004, 09:40:55 AM EST
         How did you find the place? - (Silverlock) - Dec. 20, 2004, 07:24:46 AM EST
         Can you tell? - (folkert) - Dec. 20, 2004, 12:59:11 PM EST
         Greetings and Salivations! - (jb4) - (15) - Dec. 20, 2004, 02:16:25 PM EST
             ? - (jake123) - (5) - Dec. 20, 2004, 02:41:37 PM EST
                 Well actually... - (jb4) - (4) - Dec. 20, 2004, 04:17:08 PM EST
                     Hey Hey Hey - (bepatient) - (3) - Dec. 20, 2004, 04:26:31 PM EST
                         Common denominator? :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 20, 2004, 05:10:44 PM EST
                         "I don't rampage... - (jb4) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 06:28:29 PM EST
                             *choke* -NT - (bepatient) - Dec. 20, 2004, 06:31:00 PM EST
             Just because Debian - (imric) - (8) - Dec. 20, 2004, 02:56:57 PM EST
                 One of the converted - (bepatient) - Dec. 20, 2004, 03:06:52 PM EST
                 Fair enough... - (jb4) - (6) - Dec. 20, 2004, 04:19:15 PM EST
                     Click Ze Link In My Sig - (pwhysall) - (5) - Dec. 20, 2004, 04:39:16 PM EST
                         But without the pain, how can you appreciate the goodness? - (drewk) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 05:36:07 PM EST
                             No, but I take my sunrise w/ or w/o tequila... - (jb4) - Dec. 20, 2004, 06:29:55 PM EST
                         Re: Click Ze Link In My Sig - (jb4) - (2) - Dec. 20, 2004, 06:34:08 PM EST
                             Try all of the links in his .sig... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 06:56:49 PM EST
                                 Oh, I get it... - (jb4) - Dec. 20, 2004, 07:01:34 PM EST
         Re: Greetings! - (miranda) - (19) - Dec. 21, 2004, 06:07:20 AM EST
             Have you googled "accordian", too? - (CRConrad) - Dec. 21, 2004, 06:22:40 AM EST
             I call likely BS - (broomberg) - (17) - Dec. 21, 2004, 08:58:12 AM EST
                 Well, I've suspected from the first . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (15) - Dec. 21, 2004, 10:48:40 AM EST
                     Andrew! Such unabashed cynicism! - (jb4) - Dec. 21, 2004, 11:08:06 AM EST
                     Me too Andrew, or worse. - (Nightowl) - (6) - Dec. 21, 2004, 12:47:39 PM EST
                         You were new once. - (tuberculosis) - (5) - Dec. 21, 2004, 04:55:29 PM EST
                             Yabut, at least she.... - (ChrisR) - (1) - Dec. 21, 2004, 05:00:59 PM EST
                                 miranda's only 1% Evil. - (Another Scott) - Dec. 21, 2004, 05:28:07 PM EST
                             True - (Nightowl) - (2) - Dec. 21, 2004, 09:23:24 PM EST
                                 well you posted a picture of your car early on - (daemon) - (1) - Dec. 21, 2004, 09:27:04 PM EST
                                     Hehehee. People do that - (Nightowl) - Dec. 21, 2004, 10:10:15 PM EST
                     Is this the... - (folkert) - (6) - Dec. 21, 2004, 02:06:14 PM EST
                         Naah, *that* one spells it without the middle 'a'. -NT - (CRConrad) - Dec. 21, 2004, 02:49:59 PM EST
                         How'd *that* happen? Sensitive to double-clicks, this thing. -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - Dec. 21, 2004, 02:55:22 PM EST
                             That or clumsy fingers... - (folkert) - Dec. 21, 2004, 03:23:19 PM EST
                         No, that is . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Dec. 21, 2004, 08:46:46 PM EST
                             LOL! -NT - (Another Scott) - Dec. 21, 2004, 09:16:04 PM EST
                             Oh... yeah. - (folkert) - Dec. 22, 2004, 09:56:03 AM EST
                 No. -NT - (admin) - Dec. 21, 2004, 06:43:33 PM EST
         Re: Greetings! - (miranda) - (29) - Dec. 23, 2004, 03:32:59 AM EST
             What "general web search"? - (pwhysall) - (1) - Dec. 23, 2004, 06:10:23 AM EST
                 Random happenings do occur - (bepatient) - Dec. 23, 2004, 08:11:53 AM EST
             Bahaha. You are funny. - (folkert) - (20) - Dec. 23, 2004, 07:19:43 AM EST
                 NORMal until proven otherwise. -NT - (Arkadiy) - (19) - Dec. 23, 2004, 09:37:44 AM EST
                     Ok, folks... - (inthane-chan) - (18) - Dec. 23, 2004, 10:46:35 AM EST
                         Ditto that - (Nightowl) - Dec. 23, 2004, 10:56:17 AM EST
                         To that end... - (folkert) - (3) - Dec. 23, 2004, 10:53:58 AM EST
                             Paranoid much? - (Silverlock) - (2) - Dec. 23, 2004, 11:06:46 AM EST
                                 Just enough, actually - (Nightowl) - Dec. 23, 2004, 11:12:48 AM EST
                                 yup, it dont cost any money so who cares? -NT - (daemon) - Dec. 23, 2004, 05:50:50 PM EST
                         Does it matter? - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Dec. 23, 2004, 11:23:00 AM EST
                             Maybe not here, - (Nightowl) - Dec. 23, 2004, 11:26:16 AM EST
                         I was getting ready to post this... - (admin) - (10) - Dec. 23, 2004, 12:19:08 PM EST
                             I am the only shill in this village. -NT - (pwhysall) - (6) - Dec. 23, 2004, 12:19:56 PM EST
                                 Woo and Yay! \\me says in gratitude. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Dec. 23, 2004, 12:44:15 PM EST
                                     Yeah but no but yeah but no shadDAP. -NT - (pwhysall) - Dec. 23, 2004, 12:51:59 PM EST
                                 (Even less to see...) -NT - (Another Scott) - Dec. 23, 2004, 01:46:13 PM EST
                                 (Nothing to see...) -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - Dec. 23, 2004, 01:45:36 PM EST
                                     Please stand by... - (jb4) - (1) - Dec. 23, 2004, 01:48:13 PM EST
                                         Things have been squirrelly today, network wise. - (Another Scott) - Dec. 23, 2004, 02:31:33 PM EST
                             Ya know - (lincoln) - (1) - Dec. 23, 2004, 02:04:10 PM EST
                                 I'd live if it were. - (Nightowl) - Dec. 23, 2004, 04:01:19 PM EST
                             I never claimed Norm - (broomberg) - Dec. 23, 2004, 05:30:11 PM EST
             Well them Ms. Miranda . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Dec. 23, 2004, 11:00:39 AM EST
                 And besides... - (jb4) - Dec. 23, 2004, 01:17:34 PM EST
                 What Andrew G said - (rcareaga) - Dec. 23, 2004, 05:41:50 PM EST
                 either that or post a picture of her toes -NT - (daemon) - (2) - Dec. 23, 2004, 05:53:26 PM EST
                     hmmm... - (n3jja) - (1) - Dec. 27, 2004, 12:05:26 AM EST
                         simple, its a non identifiable feature but takes effort to - (daemon) - Dec. 27, 2004, 08:04:53 AM EST

Wow, now I'm going to get a sparkly jacket and call myself a witch...
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