On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Miles Fidelman
wrote:
A newbie to ANY o/s is going to need some help with installation,
> configuration, software selection/installation/**configuration, general
> use, etc.
>
> That help has to come from somewhere - either paid, or from a community (or
> both).
>
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 09:58 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> - ease of software installation (IMHO apt makes things easier than any
> other packaging system out there)
There are GUIs that will help us, synaptic, yast, smart etc..
OT: There's one advantage all Linux distros do share. It's easy to
b
I have been both a Debian and Ubuntu user for some time. Recently switched
to virtual box and gave up the partitioning and while the process is
absolutely astounding
the size of the desktop was rather disappointing. Recently installed SUSE on
VB and was astounded the desktop covers my entire 17.3 i
Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
A good Linux distro for beginners is a Linux distro with a huge
community, IOW a distro that is used by many people and that comes with
lot's of up to date forums, wikis etc., hence a good distro for
beginners would be one of th
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Tom H wrote:
> A good Linux distro for beginners is a Linux distro with a huge
> > community, IOW a distro that is used by many people and that comes with
> > lot's of up to date forums, wikis etc., hence a good distro for
> > beginners would be one of the major d
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
To be holier than the pope, it's written that this is a Debian list
Correct and that's why I came to know that Debian is as solid as a rock!
> so if you blame me, you should blame yourself too ;).
>
It's not the question of who is blaming (
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
>
> A good Linux distro for beginners is a Linux distro with a huge
> community, IOW a distro that is used by many people and that comes with
> lot's of up to date forums, wikis etc., hence a good distro for
> beginners would be one of the major
t; > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2011 : Issue 1995
> >
> > Today's Topics:
> > Re: Just a simple query [ Linux Tyro
> > ]
> email message attachment (Re: Just a simple query)
> > Forwarded Message
> > From: Linux Ty
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> all in all your imagination is nonsense.
>
- Do not use foul language; besides, some people receive the lists via
packet radio, where swearing is illegal.
It is from here http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct
> I don't
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 01:08 -0400, Doug wrote:
> On 10/28/2011 07:04 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 23:27 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >> On 28 October 2011 15:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote
> >>> I don't know PCLinuxOS, but I'm sure it won't work OOTB for all needs.
> >>>
> >>> People mig
On 10/28/2011 07:04 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 23:27 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On 28 October 2011 15:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote
I don't know PCLinuxOS, but I'm sure it won't work OOTB for all needs.
People might read the list's archive, so please don't write such
careless general
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 01:04 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 23:27 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On 28 October 2011 15:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote
> > > I don't know PCLinuxOS, but I'm sure it won't work OOTB for all needs.
> > >
> > > People might read the list's archive, so please don
On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 23:27 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On 28 October 2011 15:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote
> > I don't know PCLinuxOS, but I'm sure it won't work OOTB for all needs.
> >
> > People might read the list's archive, so please don't write such
> > careless generalisations.
>
> Yours is the car
On 28 October 2011 15:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote
> I don't know PCLinuxOS, but I'm sure it won't work OOTB for all needs.
>
> People might read the list's archive, so please don't write such
> careless generalisations.
Yours is the careless generalisation. This was in reply to a specific
poster and i
OT: Just for entertainment. Some guys of my age might be accustomed to
the Fairlight CMI's OS, based on a 68000 as the Atari is based too, but
a little bit more expensive than the Atari.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5C4VF7xdcc
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On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 16:20 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> I didn't read the thread, just this mail.
> Suse
Yes, I read about one point of a second mail, but I didn't read anything
more. Note, people searching the archive might do the same as I did.
Don't care to much about migrating from one OS t
On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 17:56 +0530, Linux Tyro wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Patrick Bartek
> wrote:
>
> If you are truly a Linux tyro. . . . In my opinion, PCLinuxOS
> is one of the best distributions to start with simply because
> it's designed from the groun
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
If you are truly a Linux tyro. . . . In my opinion, PCLinuxOS is one of the
> best distributions to start with simply because it's designed from the
> ground up for those coming from another OS like Windows, or who have no
> Linux or OS admi
--- On Wed, 10/26/11, Linux Tyro wrote:
> I am beginner in Linux and do another job. But I use computer very less.
> Just a simple doubts regarding the selection. Please suggest me regarding
> the following:
>
> "Debian vs openSUSE for a novice"
Neither.
If you are truly a Linux tyro. . . .
On Wednesday 26 October 2011 18:25:40 Linux Tyro wrote:
> Please suggest me regarding
> the following:
>
> "Debian vs openSUSE for a novice"
Personally, I would say Debian every time, but it is horses for courses.
I started on SuSE. I stuck it for a while, and then could take it no longer.
I a
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:55:40 +0530, Linux Tyro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am beginner in Linux and do another job. But I use computer very less.
> Just a simple doubts regarding the selection. Please suggest me
> regarding the following:
>
> "Debian vs openSUSE for a novice"
>
> I am very beginner, how
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