On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 08:48:58PM -0600, Rick Taylor wrote:
> What would be a good name?
>
> Fred? Alice? Chief Running Current?
We'll call it "QuikProtect."
(from Dilbert: the whole joke is on the internet,
but all links are plagarized; google it).
"If you have a sound card it swears at you."
On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 11:11, Ron Johnson
> On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 12:37 +0100, Mauro Darida wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 at 14:10:33 +, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > >
> > > One word: Ubuntu
> > >
> > > www.ubuntulinux.org
> > >
> > > You could do that with Debian, but why not just use something
On Monday 27 Dec 2004 21:49, Steve Lamb wrote:
> To give a sledgehammer example what you're doing is saying that the
> *Republic* of the United States of America, the Irish *Republican?* Army
> and the People's *Republic* of China are somehow in cahoots with one
> another because they all, as
Eric d'Alibut writes:
> Be afraid kiddies; be very afraid.
I'm not a "kiddie", and the only thing I see to fear here is that the sort
of lunacy you are trying to promulgate is being taken seriously by far too
many otherwise rational people.
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On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 13:49 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Eric d'Alibut wrote:
[snip
> To give a sledgehammer example what you're doing is saying that the
> *Republic* of the United States of America, the Irish *Republican?* Army and
> the People's *Republic* of China are somehow in cahoots wit
Eric d'Alibut wrote:
Discussions of the politics of computing are hardly thought
"ridiculous" by most serious people.
Correct, however, this is not a rational discussion.
> I don't have any idea what Shuttleworth's politics are,
Here you claim ignorance...
> but he obviously does not hesita
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:50:40 +1100, Sam Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> this thread is ridiculous, unworthy of further comment.
Discussions of the politics of computing are hardly thought
"ridiculous" by most serious people. I don't have any idea what
Shuttleworth's politics are, but he obvi
On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 12:37 +0100, Mauro Darida wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 at 14:10:33 +, Greg Folkert wrote:
> >
> > One word: Ubuntu
> >
> > www.ubuntulinux.org
> >
> > You could do that with Debian, but why not just use something that is
> > geared for Humans, that is based on Total Tec
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:43:32AM -0500, Eric d'Alibut wrote:
> The money trail might prove interesting. Clearly, the founders of the
> ubuntu linux project could not have been unaware of the dubious
> political connotations of the term. Who pays for all those free cd's?
Mark Shuttleworth, I supp
Mauro Darida wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 at 14:10:33 +, Greg Folkert wrote:
One word: Ubuntu
www.ubuntulinux.org
You could do that with Debian, but why not just use something that is
geared for Humans, that is based on Total Technical Geekness - Debian.
The folks there should change the name: I
Mr. Ballard is dead-on target, and is to be commended for his courage:
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 02:38:12 -0500, William Ballard
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was a bit put off when I went to www.ubuntu.org and found a bunch of
> pro-Palestinian and anti-American propaganda, but I gathered that both
>
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 06:12:18PM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote:
> > > The folks there should change the name: I would never use a thing named
> > > _ubuntu_. Btw, Hurd is a name as horrible as ubuntu.
> >
> > Yeah, I've gotta admit, I'm a bit turned off by the name, "Ubuntu."
>
> I think Ubuntu is
> > The folks there should change the name: I would never use a thing named
> > _ubuntu_. Btw, Hurd is a name as horrible as ubuntu.
>
> Yeah, I've gotta admit, I'm a bit turned off by the name, "Ubuntu."
I think Ubuntu is a great name. Meaningful!
Perhaps the poster would be turned off by any
On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 08:43:43PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Carl Fink wrote:
> >On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 08:17:03PM -0200, Rog?rio Brito wrote:
> >
> >>On Dec 26 2004, Mauro Darida wrote:
> >>
> >>>The folks there should change the name: I would never use a thing
> >>>named _ubuntu_. Btw, Hur
On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 20:43 -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Carl Fink wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 08:17:03PM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote:
> >
> >>On Dec 26 2004, Mauro Darida wrote:
> >>
> >>>The folks there should change the name: I would never use a thing
> >>>named _ubuntu_. Btw, Hurd is a
Carl Fink wrote:
On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 08:17:03PM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote:
On Dec 26 2004, Mauro Darida wrote:
The folks there should change the name: I would never use a thing
named _ubuntu_. Btw, Hurd is a name as horrible as ubuntu.
And what about using something called Debian? Is that a "g
On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 08:17:03PM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Dec 26 2004, Mauro Darida wrote:
> > The folks there should change the name: I would never use a thing
> > named _ubuntu_. Btw, Hurd is a name as horrible as ubuntu.
>
> And what about using something called Debian? Is that a "goo
On Dec 26 2004, Mauro Darida wrote:
> The folks there should change the name: I would never use a thing
> named _ubuntu_. Btw, Hurd is a name as horrible as ubuntu.
And what about using something called Debian? Is that a "good name" or a
"commercially feasible name"?
Perhaps you have that impress
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:37:31 +0100, Mauro Darida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The folks there should change the name: I would never use a thing named
> _ubuntu_. Btw, Hurd is a name as horrible as ubuntu.
>
Yeah, I've gotta admit, I'm a bit turned off by the name, "Ubuntu."
It just doesn't fee
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 at 14:10:33 +, Greg Folkert wrote:
>
> One word: Ubuntu
>
> www.ubuntulinux.org
>
> You could do that with Debian, but why not just use something that is
> geared for Humans, that is based on Total Technical Geekness - Debian.
>
The folks there should change the name: I
On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 12:13 -0500, Tom Allison wrote:
> I just got another email that brought to this list.
>
> I know that there are a scattering of projects which are based upon
> Debian (ie: knoppix, ubuntu) but I've heard of a few which are more what
> I'm looking for (ie: k12).
>
> But I'm
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