Aaaaarrrggghhh!!!! The Sequel

Post #21,055 by drewk 12/11/01 5:06:17 PM Reply	Aaaaarrrggghhh!!!! The Sequel Now why do you people have to go do things like this. It's almost enough to make me want something nice and simple like Windows. Hmmpphh. Heh. Heh-heh. BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sorry. I tried to do that with a straight face. Couldn't quite pull it off. We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists. -- [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/05/opinion/BIO-FRIEDMAN.html\|Thomas Friedman]
Post #21,059 by pwhysall 12/11/01 5:14:51 PM Reply	The Wonder Of Linux is twofold. One, you have all this choice. Two, no matter what you choose, it's The Wrong Thing. Enjoy! Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #21,072 by Steve Lowe 12/11/01 5:36:07 PM Reply	heh. It's called CHOICE :-) I've got RH7.2 on my laptop and my wife's machine, both dual boot (I do like GRUB, seems much more reliable than LILO). Both installed and ran fine, both built new kernels, both have compiled anything I've thrown at them (not much, admittedly) You know, anything you want that may not be in a distro is rather easily obtained and installed... I do want to give SuSE a whirl one of these days though. ----- Steve
Post #21,076 by Ashton 12/11/01 5:44:29 PM Reply	Cackle.. glorp. This multiple-choice er variety thing is a nice idea.. Like Goodness. But what we Really want is: each distro has Everything and installs the same and includes a customized audio tape which walks us from the package to the grave, narrated by Tom Hanks in folksy mode.. with 3 stages from infant through mediocre.. on to presumptuous KnowItAll. (Opt. voice: Valley Gurrl-speak + tunes for every mood.) (Well, I do.) :-\ufffd {sheesh} I think I'll end up with the one with the best $&#%^ Printed Documentation, granularity from boulder to chick-pea and yes: GUI install with X- finding my &^$#& video card and Liking It. OR: Swing LILO Sweet Chariot.. comin fer to carry me /Home...* Ashton the Slothful Complexity is Everything. When you can simplify that, you've got it made. (like Sincerity)
Post #21,077 by pwhysall 12/11/01 5:50:52 PM Reply	Re: Cackle.. glorp. {sheesh} I think I'll end up with the one with the best $&#%^ Printed Documentation, granularity from boulder to chick-pea and yes: GUI install with X- finding my &^$#& video card and Liking It. You need to buy a boxed copy of Red Hat or SuSE, then. Both have excellent printed manuals. Peter* Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #21,080 by admin 12/11/01 6:16:21 PM Reply	Yeap. First printed documentation I've actually found to be useful. Regards, -scott anderson
Post #21,081 by Ashton 12/11/01 6:23:51 PM Reply	Thanx - leaning that way from 6.1 SuSE .docs I have which I've been using to crawl up to speed. From what you all say lately, latest of RH, Debian, SuSE, Mandrake are indeed damn near idiot-proof unless one has rilly weird h/ware. (I gave up on even messing with the 486s for all obv. reasons - not least of which - driver hunts) Although the SuSE 6.1 manual walks thru a command-line install (useful ref. later on) the book layout, Index! I find intelligible and er logical.. such a refreshing change from menu-nonintuitive AND condescending. My first choice - whether stand-alone or dual-boot, when I nab another cheapo eMachine. WTF in for a penny.. Cheers, Ashton

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