On Sunday 08 February 2004 7:18 pm, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 02:16:33PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > Well a lot of new users like Knoppix and would like to have it on > > the hard disk. Is it ok for them to use it, or will the secret police > > come and shoot them for not using pure Debian instead too. > > Then they should use it. I couldn't care less whether someone uses Debian, > Knoppix, SuSE, Mandrake, or even Windows. Cluebies have been shooting > themselves in the foot since time immemorial, and it's not up to me to make > a choice for them as to what they should use. > > But *don't* call it something it's not, and *don't* expect to get support > for it while you're calling it something it's not. > > Hell... let 'em use one of the BSD's (had to throw that in since I'm > installing oBSD on my 712/80 hppa for the third time as I write).
I just have to say that I find this cluebie/stupid nonsense you keep spouting very offputting and childish. I've used Koppix for a quick sid install and have no problems recommending it to folks that want a easy taste of Linux. I've since switched to Mepis, to escape Knoppix's Germanocentric flavor, but the principle is the same. And the 'unstable is only for the elite' is also silly. My 12 year old granddaughter is happily running sid (installed on her laptop from a Mepis CD). Despite the 'unstable' moniker, it never crashes, has the latest software, and is free from Windows malware/viruses. Cut out the "stupid/cluebie" nonsense. You hurt Debian, Linux, and OSS in general with this elitist attitude. BTW, this is being posted from FreeBSD 5.2 which I installed "once." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
