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Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux
Date 2016-04-11 18:51 +0000
Organization O.W.L.
Message-ID <hgjd9e803.a@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote:
> On 11/04/2016 15:34, owl wrote:
>> Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/04/2016 14:14, owl wrote:
>>>> Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 11/04/2016 11:48, Fabian Russell wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 11:03:32 +0100, Desk Roach wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://uit.stanford.edu/service/help/hardwarerec/computers
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!  What a brain-dead moron!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That web page is for the rank-and-file office personnel,
>>>>>> i.e. the dumb-fuck middle managers and retarded secretaries.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's under Faculty and Staff which as any schoolboy knows means the
>>>>> teachers (Professors) and the admin staff.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The REAL research professionals use GNU/Linux only.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yet you can't actually show one single verifiable example of that beyond
>>>>> an open source audio project.
>>>>>
>>>>> The students don't use Linux Desktop Crapware either, it's Windows and
>>>>> Macs all the way.
>>>>
>>>> ....
>>>>
>>>>> You are the one desperately flailing around and searching for any small
>>>>> crumb of Linux usage.
>>>>
>>>> https://uit.stanford.edu/service/softwarelic/linux
>>>
>>
>> Snip the truth, because it hurts.
>> <quote>
>> Linux is an open-source operating system used by many units across
>> Stanford.
>> </quote>
> 
> Although everything so far including the web site and video evidence has 
> pointed to the contrary. There might be a few use cases, I'll grant you 
> that.
> 
>>
>>> "On June 1, 2015, University IT's agreement with Red Hat expired, and
>>> the centrally managed Red Hat repository (aka Satellite or yum server)
>>> is no longer available. View the official announcement for more
>>> information."
>>>
>>> No internal support - you are on your own:
>>>
>>> "Product Support
>>>
>>> Debian and Ubuntu Linux
>>>
>>> Online support may be found through the open source communities, or
>>> buying a support contract from a designated professional support service"
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, they really believe in Linux.......
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, IT won't have a clue as to how to help with Linux.
>> <quote>
>> University IT generally works with Debian, and Ubuntu. UIT provides
>> local mirrors of these versions of Linux for local Stanford users.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Additional Stanford-specific Software Packages
>>
>> University IT staff develop a variety of Stanford-specific software
>> packages for Linux systems. These include:
>>
>> filter-syslog
>> remctl
>> wallet-client
> 
> Three apps. Count 'em. WOW!
> 
>> ...
>>
>> Add the following to the file '/etc/apt/sources.list':
>> deb http://debian.stanford.edu/debian-stanford jessie main
>>
>> </quote>
>>
> 
> And all completely unsupported by internal IT support. You are on your own.
> 
> <quote>
> Product Support
> 
> Debian and Ubuntu Linux
> 
> Online support may be found through the open source communities, or 
> buying a support contract from a designated professional support service
> </quote>
> 
> And let's just read that bit again about the most mainstream Linux 
> server operating system....
> 
> <quote>
> On June 1, 2015, University IT's agreement with Red Hat expired, and the 
> centrally managed Red Hat repository (aka Satellite or yum server) is no 
> longer available. View the official announcement for more information.
> </quote>
> 

Somebody finally clued management in that they didn't need to waste
their money on a "support contract" for their Linux users.  And I
can guarantee you that IT would far rather help one of their Linux
users who might be having trouble with something than to face the
malware grind in Windoze land, so this "talk to debian for support"
is complete bullshit.

> And let's also not forget that the main campus email is Office 365 and 
> Exchange server, not some half baked Linux solution.

Did you have a link to that?  I didn't see it.

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Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-10 13:51 +0000
  Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-10 09:56 -0400
    Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 07:08 -0700
      Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-10 10:10 -0400
        Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-10 22:33 -0400
          Is this normal guy problems..about to cry! :( DFS <nospam@dfs.cum> - 2016-04-11 00:24 -0500
          Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-11 09:24 +0000
            Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-11 12:44 -0400
    Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux sbd <sbd.pambu@safe-mail.net> - 2016-04-10 16:11 -0300
  Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-10 14:22 -0400
    Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux sbd <sbd.pambu@safe-mail.net> - 2016-04-10 16:14 -0300
  Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-04-11 11:03 +0100
    Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-11 10:48 +0000
      Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-04-11 13:33 +0100
        Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-11 13:14 +0000
          Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-11 10:01 -0400
            Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-11 14:38 +0000
          Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-04-11 15:09 +0100
            Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-11 14:34 +0000
              Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-04-11 16:34 +0100
                Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-11 18:51 +0000
                Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-04-12 09:20 +0100
                Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-12 08:39 +0000
                Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-04-12 08:51 +0000
                Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-04-12 09:56 +0100
            Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Me Sham <osirus47@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-11 07:57 -0700
              Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-11 11:22 -0400
      Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-04-11 13:49 +0100
        Re: Only the Best People Use GNU/Linux John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 09:07 -0700

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