Re: [OT] Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes

From	Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: [OT] Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes
Date	2022-12-19 00:22 -0500
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Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> writes:

> On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:21:24 -0500, Dan Espen wrote:
>> Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 20:17:37 -0000 (UTC), pH wrote:
>>>> Running Mint 20.1 Ulyssa here.
>>>>
>>>> Is anyone successfully running xpenguins, xsnow or xeyes on modern distros?
>>>>
>>>> The Christmas season has me wanting to run xsnow again...just thought I'd
>>>> ask around before I did the install.
>>>
>>> Running Mageia Linux with Xfce as my DE. xsnow is not released/supported.
>>>
>>> I do miss xsnow but xpenguins, xeyes do run.
>>
>> xsnow is in the Fedora repositories.
>
> My first rule is don't mix distribution packages.
>
> I started with RedHat until some pointy headed manager decided to discontinue
> the free RedHat distribution because he felt RedHat was being ripped off.
>
> What was not taken into consideration was all those free testers helping
> make it a better product. Very soon after that Customer problem reports
> started climbing.
>
> Fedora was the solution chosen to get all that free testing of their product.
> Too late for me, I left for the Mageia Linux distribution because of the
> Mageia Control Center which makes it very easy for user system administration
> .
>
> https://doc.mageia.org/mcc/8/en/content/index.html

I liked Mandrake, I forget why I had to switch.
Fedora has pretty good repositories.  It's rare I want something they
don't have.

-- 
Dan Espen

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xsnow, penguins & eyes pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2022-12-18 20:17 +0000
  Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes John McCue <jmccue@magnetar.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> - 2022-12-18 20:28 +0000
  Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-12-18 17:16 -0600
    Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2022-12-18 19:21 -0500
      [OT] Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-12-18 19:07 -0600
        Re: [OT] Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2022-12-19 00:22 -0500
          Re: [OT] Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-12-18 21:30 -0800
            Re: [OT] Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2022-12-19 08:13 -0500
              Re: [OT] Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes Aragorn <telcontar@duck.com> - 2022-12-19 15:51 +0100
                Re: [OT] Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2022-12-20 11:53 +0000
  Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes Bob Tennent <rdtennent@tennent.ca> - 2022-12-19 01:53 +0000
    Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2022-12-19 03:58 +0000
      Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2022-12-19 18:08 +0000
  Re: xsnow, penguins & eyes Marco Moock <nn263@uni-heidelberg.de> - 2022-12-19 13:10 +0100

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