Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-22 Thread Bob Proulx
Hendrik Boom wrote: > This one has annoyed me, too. Perhaps a technical solution is appropriate > here? Some way of creating a reply from the mailing-list archive? Already done. Just read the list archive and use the operations provided there to reply. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/200

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 07:51:27PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > btw Benjamin, when wanting to reply to a thread and you no longer have a > message from that thread, you can do so from the archives. Find the > message (such as > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/07/msg02273.html), and near th

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 07:27:44PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > It also reflects poorly on the person who couldn't be bothered to take the > time to see how the locals do things. Isn't that something that Americans are > always blasted about in good ol' Europe? Going over expecting everyone

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-20 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 07:55:26PM -0400, Lorenzo Taylor wrote: > (when a previous post is required to continue the same thread and they > don't have one) This one has annoyed me, too. Perhaps a technical solution is appropriate here? Some way of creating a reply from the mailing-list archive?

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 12:46:17AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I don't know what groups you're on, but my experience is I see more here, and > I see a lot of people here that are too busy being right to listen or ever > consider that *they* are the ones being rude. Try debian-devel. -- Chris

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-19 Thread Thomas Hood
Tony Godshall wrote: > I would think a collaboration of people around the world is > more likely to survive than a corporation. Ubuntu is not Canonical. Canonical is the originator and sponsor of Ubuntu, but Ubuntu itself is, like Debian, free software. -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-18 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 19 July 2005 12:30 am, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > >On Monday 18 July 2005 10:27 pm, Steve Lamb wrote: > >>Hal Vaughan wrote: > >>>People do things like that because they have the illusion they can > >>>control others. It's a nasty habit, and it says more negative

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-18 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Monday 18 July 2005 10:27 pm, Steve Lamb wrote: Hal Vaughan wrote: People do things like that because they have the illusion they can control others. It's a nasty habit, and it says more negative about the person doing it than the person they are jumping on.

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-18 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 18 July 2005 10:27 pm, Steve Lamb wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > People do things like that because they have the illusion they can > > control others. It's a nasty habit, and it says more negative about the > > person doing it than the person they are jumping on. > > No. It's call

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-18 Thread Steve Lamb
Hal Vaughan wrote: > People do things like that because they have the illusion they can control > others. It's a nasty habit, and it says more negative about the person doing > it than the person they are jumping on. No. It's called letting people know they're being rude. Don't like the l

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-18 Thread Tony Godshall
According to Thomas Hood, > On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:51:57 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: > > My point was simple: If you are going to get a derivative of Debian > > or Red Hat or whatever, you will never have the perfect > > compatibility that is often promised but cannot be delivered. You > > will

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-18 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Lorenzo Taylor wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Sher's comments on Re: Ubunto vs. Debian were as follows: # > Please use the same thread. Please do not open different threads for the # > same topic that is still active. Your reply could as well

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-18 Thread Kent West
Lorenzo Taylor wrote: > Benjamin Sher's comments on Re: Ubunto vs. Debian were as follows: > # > Please use the same thread. Please do not open different threads > for the > # > same topic that is still active. Your reply could as well go into the > # > thread tit

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-18 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 18 July 2005 07:55 pm, Lorenzo Taylor wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Benjamin Sher's comments on Re: Ubunto vs. Debian were as follows: > # > Please use the same thread. Please do not open different threads for > the # > same top

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-18 Thread Lorenzo Taylor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Sher's comments on Re: Ubunto vs. Debian were as follows: # > Please use the same thread. Please do not open different threads for the # > same topic that is still active. Your reply could as well go into the # > thread tit

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-18 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:51:57 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: > My point was simple: If you are going to get a derivative of Debian > or Red Hat or whatever, you will never have the perfect > compatibility that is often promised but cannot be delivered. You > will have it only with the original distr

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-17 Thread Benjamin Sher
On 17 Jul 2005 at 12:29, Colin wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > > There are two main Linux distros: Red Hat and Debian. Each have many > > derivates. Xandros is one of at least 25 distros based on Debian. > > Please, please, please don't speak on things you know nothing about. > There are wa

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-17 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 04:30:07PM -0400, hell0 un1verse wrote: > Client desktop: Ubuntu, server side: Debian stable. > > Choice makes sense?:) Seems sensible to me. I don't have much experience with large deployments, so there may very well be good reasons to use Debian unstable in server instal

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-17 Thread hell0 un1verse
On 7/17/05, Stephen R Laniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 12:26:07PM -0500, Mr Mike wrote: > > Also, lets not forget the french... Mandrake is a fine linux. > > It's also a Red Hat derivative, so it fits into the (false) > statement that the original poster made to the eff

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-17 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 12:26:07PM -0500, Mr Mike wrote: > Also, lets not forget the french... Mandrake is a fine linux. It's also a Red Hat derivative, so it fits into the (false) statement that the original poster made to the effect that every Linux distribution is either a Red Hat or a Debian

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-17 Thread Hans du Plooy
Just want to make two observations: On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 09:57 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: > There are two main Linux distros: Red Hat and Debian. > Each have many derivates. While it is true that Red Hat and debian both have many derivatives, it goes deeper on the Red Hat side, where some distr

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-17 Thread Mr Mike
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:41:19 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Jul 17 10:02 -0500]: > >> There are two main Linux distros: Red Hat and Debian. Each have many >> derivates. Xandros is one of at least 25 distros based on Debian. > > That statement might get

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-17 Thread Colin
Benjamin Sher wrote: There are two main Linux distros: Red Hat and Debian. Each have many derivates. Xandros is one of at least 25 distros based on Debian. Please, please, please don't speak on things you know nothing about. There are way more than just two main Linux distributions. Also,

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-17 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Jul 17 10:02 -0500]: > There are two main Linux distros: Red Hat and Debian. Each have many > derivates. Xandros is one of at least 25 distros based on Debian. That statement might get our Slackware friends in an uproar. ;-) Not so long ago Slackwar

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-17 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Sunday 17 July 2005 10:10 am, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > >Dear friends: > > > >To the person who asked about Ubunto vs. Debian: > > Please use the same thread. Please do not open different threads for the > same topic that is still active. Your reply could as well go int

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-17 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: To the person who asked about Ubunto vs. Debian: Please use the same thread. Please do not open different threads for the same topic that is still active. Your reply could as well go into the thread titled "Debian or Ubuntu Dilemma". raju -- Kamaraju