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  Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-01 08:54 -0400
    Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 14:58 +0200
    Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.invalid> - 2014-05-01 15:17 +0200
      Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 15:21 +0200
      Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-01 20:11 +0200
        Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2014-05-01 20:23 +0200
          Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-01 23:13 +0200
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2014-05-01 23:27 +0200
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-01 16:01 -0600
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-05-02 00:06 +0200
                  Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-01 15:51 -0700
                  Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May confuse n00bs tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 01:23 +0200
                    Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May confuse n00bs GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-01 23:05 -0600
                  Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 23:41 +0000
                  Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-01 23:04 -0600
                  Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2014-05-02 10:46 +0100
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-01 15:07 -0700
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 01:05 +0200
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-02 07:47 -0400
        Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 12:47 +0200
          Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2014-05-02 12:59 +0200
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 15:01 +0200
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 21:10 +0200
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-02 13:34 -0600
    Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-01 09:23 -0400
    Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... White Spirit <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> - 2014-05-01 14:29 +0100
      Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-01 09:37 -0400
        Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 16:18 +0200
          Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... White Spirit <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> - 2014-05-01 17:10 +0100
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 18:45 +0200
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-01 20:21 +0200
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-01 14:44 -0400
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-01 13:44 -0500
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 12:03 -0700
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-05-02 10:59 -0400
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 17:18 +0200
      Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-01 10:10 -0400
        Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... White Spirit <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> - 2014-05-01 17:16 +0100
          Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-01 12:20 -0400
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... White Spirit <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> - 2014-05-01 17:33 +0100
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... "Poisoned by Win 8.1" <trigonometry1972@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 13:13 -0700
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-05-01 16:41 -0400
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-01 13:48 -0700
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-05-01 21:01 -0400
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-02 07:42 -0400
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-02 08:59 -0400
          Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-01 12:23 -0400
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.invalid> - 2014-05-01 18:48 +0200
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-01 09:54 -0700
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-01 13:05 -0400
          Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-01 09:32 -0700
          Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-01 10:42 -0600
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-01 13:02 -0400
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-01 13:05 -0400
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-01 10:14 -0700
                  Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... "Poisoned by Win 8.1" <trigonometry1972@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 13:21 -0700
                    Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 13:43 -0700
                    Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-01 16:03 -0600
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-01 13:20 -0400
                  Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-01 10:29 -0700
                    Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 10:35 -0700
                  Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-01 14:23 -0400
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-01 12:20 -0600
          Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 18:46 +0200
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... White Spirit <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> - 2014-05-02 11:56 +0100
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 11:12 -0700
      Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-05-02 10:59 -0400
    Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Rob <mefffrrggtt@privacy.net> - 2014-05-01 16:35 -0700
      More lies and FUD from the Softy L00ns Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-05-01 20:05 -0400
        Re: More lies and FUD from the Softy L00ns William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2014-05-02 10:50 +0100
      Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May confuse n00bs tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 03:45 +0200
        Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-02 07:39 -0400
          Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-05-02 13:03 -0400
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-02 13:46 -0400
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-05-03 14:39 -0400
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 12:10 -0700
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-03 15:18 -0400
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-03 12:56 -0700
                  Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 13:54 -0700
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-02 17:07 -0400
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 18:05 -0700
      Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-02 07:48 -0400
        Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-02 09:01 -0400
          Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-02 09:20 -0400
            Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-02 10:50 -0400
              Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 17:17 +0200
                Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-02 11:26 -0400
                  Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-02 08:39 -0700
                    Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 11:17 -0700
                      Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 11:31 -0700
                    Re: Upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Cripple Your PC... Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 11:22 -0700

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#241125

On Thursday, May 1, 2014 9:20:17 AM UTC-7, flatfish+++ wrote:
> On Thu, 01 May 2014 17:16:49 +0100, White Spirit wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > On 01/05/2014 15:10, Silver Slimer wrote:
> 
> > 
> 
> >> On 2014-05-01 9:29 AM, White Spirit wrote:
> 
> > 
> 
> >>> On 01/05/2014 13:54,  flatfish+++ wrote:
> 
> > 
> 
> >>>> Guess upgrades in the Linux world just don't work quite as well as
> 
> >>>> the COLA minions keep trumpeting.
> 
> > 
> 
> >>> They do if you don't use Ubuntu.
> 
> > 
> 
> >> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND Ubuntu
> 
> >> screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of the bullshit
> 
> >> you spread from time to time and keep it on your morning toast.
> 
> > 
> 
> > I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six 
> 
> > distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you would 
> 
> > surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.
> 
> 
> 
> Blame the user tactic.
> 
> For most people it only takes one screw up for them to send Linux
> 
> packing.
> 
> Unless it's a hobby and the person likes tinkering around and
> 
> experimenting, that person has to have a really good reason to want
> 
> to run Linux after their system gets borked by an errant
> 
> update/upgrade.
> 
> 
> 
> Most people don't.
> 
> And the reason is the applications experience is lousy with Linux
> 
> compared to the competition.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> flatfish+++
> 
> 
> 
> 163 Reasons not to deal with Michael "Snit" Glasser, the Prescott 
> 
> Computer Guy
> 
> http://cosmicpenguin.com/snitlist.html

Which is why I am waiting a month for the LTS version of my preferred distro.

Patience can be a virtue in moderation..............Trig

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#241130

Poisoned by Win 8.1 wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Thursday, May 1, 2014 9:20:17 AM UTC-7, flatfish+++ wrote:
>
>> Blame the user tactic.

Moron.

>> For most people it only takes one screw up for them to send Linux
>> packing.

So why don't "most people" send Windows packing when it screws up on them
*multiple* times?  When Window's vulnerabilities and mistakes *trash* their
computers?

The answer is, "most people" don't know they have very viable alternatives,
and many of them who might know are afraid of the viable alternatives.

> Which is why I am waiting a month for the LTS version of my preferred distro.
>
> Patience can be a virtue in moderation..............Trig

All you need is one good Linux friend, and you have nothing to fear from
your Linux computer.

-- 
Do not use if printed inner seal is broken or missing.

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#241133

On 5/1/14, 1:41 PM, in article ljubhh$m5g$2@dont-email.me, "Chris Ahlstrom"
<OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

> Poisoned by Win 8.1 wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> 
>> On Thursday, May 1, 2014 9:20:17 AM UTC-7, flatfish+++ wrote:
>> 
>>> Blame the user tactic.
> 
> Moron.
> 
>>> For most people it only takes one screw up for them to send Linux
>>> packing.
> 
> So why don't "most people" send Windows packing when it screws up on them
> *multiple* times?  When Window's vulnerabilities and mistakes *trash* their
> computers?

I have shown the utter disaster that you get when you use desktop Linux. So
far nobody has shown where I am significantly wrong (TomB has said, and I
accept, that some of the mouse problems are VM related).

Why not show similar problems with Windows and OS X. Oh, because they are
simply made better. Not that they are perfect - far from it - but they are
not that much of a disaster.

> The answer is, "most people" don't know they have very viable alternatives,
> and many of them who might know are afraid of the viable alternatives.

Look at the videos I link to below. Linux is *not* a viable alternative for
most users and use-cases. It is for some.

>> Which is why I am waiting a month for the LTS version of my preferred distro.
>> 
>> Patience can be a virtue in moderation..............Trig
> 
> All you need is one good Linux friend, and you have nothing to fear from
> your Linux computer.

Nothing to fear... but nothing that works well.


-- 
* Mint MATE: Trash, Panel, Menu:    <http://youtu.be/C0y74FIf7uE>
* Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs?     <http://youtu.be/CU-whJQvtfA>
* Mint KDE working with folders:    <http://youtu.be/7C9nvniOoE0>
* Mint KDE creating files:          <http://youtu.be/N7-fZJaJUv8>
* Mint KDE help:                    <http://youtu.be/3ikizUd3sa8>
* Mint KDE general navigation:      <http://youtu.be/t9y14yZtQuI>
* Mint / LibreOffice:               <http://youtu.be/USU9iqppfto>
* Win 8 / Word 2013:                <http://youtu.be/z8gUL2TCcV4>
* Mavericks / Pages 5.1:            <http://youtu.be/D3BPWANQoIk>

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#241180

On 05/01/2014 12:20 PM,  flatfish+++ wrote:
> On Thu, 01 May 2014 17:16:49 +0100, White Spirit wrote:
>
>> On 01/05/2014 15:10, Silver Slimer wrote:
>>
>>> On 2014-05-01 9:29 AM, White Spirit wrote:
>>
>>>> On 01/05/2014 13:54,  flatfish+++ wrote:
>>
>>>>> Guess upgrades in the Linux world just don't work quite as well as
>>>>> the COLA minions keep trumpeting.
>>
>>>> They do if you don't use Ubuntu.
>>
>>> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND Ubuntu
>>> screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of the bullshit
>>> you spread from time to time and keep it on your morning toast.
>>
>> I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six
>> distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you would
>> surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.
>
> Blame the user tactic.
> For most people it only takes one screw up for them to send Linux
> packing.
> Unless it's a hobby and the person likes tinkering around and
> experimenting, that person has to have a really good reason to want
> to run Linux after their system gets borked by an errant
> update/upgrade.
>
> Most people don't.
> And the reason is the applications experience is lousy with Linux
> compared to the competition.


For example, this is what the menu looks like in gedit 3.10.4 on my 
Linux system.

http://bayimg.com/EANoeAaFo

Reinstalled it (gedit 3.10.4-2 from Arch, via the Manjaro repos) and it 
looks the same.

Sometimes you just have to make allowances for the hobbyware.  Or move 
on to the next editor.

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#241198

On Thu, 01 May 2014 21:01:08 -0400, DFS wrote:

> On 05/01/2014 12:20 PM,  flatfish+++ wrote:
>> On Thu, 01 May 2014 17:16:49 +0100, White Spirit wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/05/2014 15:10, Silver Slimer wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2014-05-01 9:29 AM, White Spirit wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On 01/05/2014 13:54,  flatfish+++ wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Guess upgrades in the Linux world just don't work quite as well as
>>>>>> the COLA minions keep trumpeting.
>>>
>>>>> They do if you don't use Ubuntu.
>>>
>>>> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND Ubuntu
>>>> screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of the bullshit
>>>> you spread from time to time and keep it on your morning toast.
>>>
>>> I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six
>>> distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you would
>>> surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.
>>
>> Blame the user tactic.
>> For most people it only takes one screw up for them to send Linux
>> packing.
>> Unless it's a hobby and the person likes tinkering around and
>> experimenting, that person has to have a really good reason to want
>> to run Linux after their system gets borked by an errant
>> update/upgrade.
>>
>> Most people don't.
>> And the reason is the applications experience is lousy with Linux
>> compared to the competition.
> 
> 
> For example, this is what the menu looks like in gedit 3.10.4 on my 
> Linux system.
> 
> http://bayimg.com/EANoeAaFo
> 
> Reinstalled it (gedit 3.10.4-2 from Arch, via the Manjaro repos) and it 
> looks the same.
> 
> Sometimes you just have to make allowances for the hobbyware.  Or move 
> on to the next editor.

As predicted, the Linux Loons are swarming the nest in order to
defend their slopware.

Of course the fact that Canonical admits this is a serious bug
doesn't mean anything when such "power users" as Dumb Willy Poaster
haven't ever had a problem with Grub.

If they actually spent any time in the Linux help forums they would
know that problems with grub are at or near the top of the list. They
would also realize how foolish they look with their "works for me,
must be you" tactics.

-- 
flatfish+++

163 Reasons not to deal with Michael "Snit" Glasser, the Prescott 
Computer Guy
http://cosmicpenguin.com/snitlist.html

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#241216

On 2014-05-02 7:42 AM,  flatfish+++ wrote:

> As predicted, the Linux Loons are swarming the nest in order to
> defend their slopware.
>
> Of course the fact that Canonical admits this is a serious bug
> doesn't mean anything when such "power users" as Dumb Willy Poaster
> haven't ever had a problem with Grub.
>
> If they actually spent any time in the Linux help forums they would
> know that problems with grub are at or near the top of the list. They
> would also realize how foolish they look with their "works for me,
> must be you" tactics.

When Wideload Porkster speaks (in-between taking a bite out of 
something) and says that GNU/Linux is perfect in every way, you can be 
sure that it's an accurate statement. GNU/Linux is as functional as 
Wideload Porkster is healthy.

-- 
Silver Slimer
Wikipedia & OpenMedia Supporter

163 Reasons not to deal with Michael "Snit" Glasser, the Prescott 
Computer Guy
http://cosmicpenguin.com/snitlist.html

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#241080

On 2014-05-01 12:16 PM, White Spirit wrote:

>> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND Ubuntu
>> screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of the bullshit
>> you spread from time to time and keep it on your morning toast.
>
> I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six
> distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you would
> surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.

How exactly have I demonstrated ignorance about GNU/Linux, pray tell? I 
need everything that a regular desktop user would need to know. I 
understand the repository system, I am quite well-versed in the package 
managers of the aforementioned distributions, I know where to get help 
for any issues I might face, I can fix the sleep/wake issues I faced, I 
understand the philosophies behind GNU having read all of Stallman's 
essays and his books, translated for GNOME and installed packages which 
weren't in any of the repositories. What do you consider to be ESSENTIAL 
for a GNU/Linux USER so as to not be considered "ignorant" as you 
suggest? Should I be programming? Should I be running a home server 
(which any idiot can manage to do)? Should I run a web site filled with 
lies about how good GNU/Linux is to advocate the operating system?

What exactly do you want?

-- 
Silver Slimer
Wikipedia & OpenMedia Supporter

163 Reasons not to deal with Michael "Snit" Glasser, the Prescott 
Computer Guy
http://cosmicpenguin.com/snitlist.html

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#241090

On Thu, 01 May 2014 12:23:27 -0400
Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:

> On 2014-05-01 12:16 PM, White Spirit wrote:
> 
> >> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND
> >> Ubuntu screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of
> >> the bullshit you spread from time to time and keep it on your
> >> morning toast.
> >
> > I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six
> > distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you
> > would surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.
> 
> How exactly have I demonstrated ignorance about GNU/Linux, pray tell?

If you'd know how to use it you would use it...


-- 
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#241091

On 5/1/14, 9:48 AM, in article ljttsc$f5a$2@solani.org, "Melzzzzz"
<mel@zzzzz.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 01 May 2014 12:23:27 -0400
> Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-05-01 12:16 PM, White Spirit wrote:
>> 
>>>> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND
>>>> Ubuntu screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of
>>>> the bullshit you spread from time to time and keep it on your
>>>> morning toast.
>>> 
>>> I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six
>>> distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you
>>> would surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.
>> 
>> How exactly have I demonstrated ignorance about GNU/Linux, pray tell?
> 
> If you'd know how to use it you would use it...
> 
Why? I know how to use many competing tools:

* OS X, Windows, Linux. I use all but mostly use OS X.
* iWork, MS Office, LibreOffice (and others). I mostly use the first two.

I also know multiple email clients, multiple FTP clients, multiple text
editors, multiple image editors, multiple web browsers, multiple video
players, multiple video editors, multiple screencasting tools, multiple IM
clients, and on and on and one. I do not often use each and every one of
them.


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* Mint KDE working with folders:    <http://youtu.be/7C9nvniOoE0>
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#241093

On 2014-05-01 12:48 PM, Melzzzzz wrote:
> On Thu, 01 May 2014 12:23:27 -0400
> Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:
>
>> On 2014-05-01 12:16 PM, White Spirit wrote:
>>
>>>> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND
>>>> Ubuntu screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of
>>>> the bullshit you spread from time to time and keep it on your
>>>> morning toast.
>>>
>>> I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six
>>> distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you
>>> would surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.
>>
>> How exactly have I demonstrated ignorance about GNU/Linux, pray tell?
>
> If you'd know how to use it you would use it...

So what you're suggesting is that knowing how to use GNU/Linux 
automatically removes my ability to spot a lack of quality and feel any 
anger at the fact than an operating system eradicated my data?

-- 
Silver Slimer
Wikipedia & OpenMedia Supporter

163 Reasons not to deal with Michael "Snit" Glasser, the Prescott 
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#241081

On 5/1/14, 9:16 AM, in article bsfabiF6d2lU1@mid.individual.net, "White
Spirit" <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> wrote:

> On 01/05/2014 15:10, Silver Slimer wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-05-01 9:29 AM, White Spirit wrote:
> 
>>> On 01/05/2014 13:54,  flatfish+++ wrote:
> 
>>>> Guess upgrades in the Linux world just don't work quite as well as
>>>> the COLA minions keep trumpeting.
> 
>>> They do if you don't use Ubuntu.
> 
>> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND Ubuntu
>> screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of the bullshit
>> you spread from time to time and keep it on your morning toast.
> 
> I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six
> distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you would
> surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.

How about Mint? The *recommended* way to update is to start from scratch.

That is insane.


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* Mint KDE working with folders:    <http://youtu.be/7C9nvniOoE0>
* Mint KDE creating files:          <http://youtu.be/N7-fZJaJUv8>
* Mint KDE help:                    <http://youtu.be/3ikizUd3sa8>
* Mint KDE general navigation:      <http://youtu.be/t9y14yZtQuI>
* Mint / LibreOffice:               <http://youtu.be/USU9iqppfto>
* Win 8 / Word 2013:                <http://youtu.be/z8gUL2TCcV4>
* Mavericks / Pages 5.1:            <http://youtu.be/D3BPWANQoIk>

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#241086

On 5/1/2014 10:16 AM, White Spirit wrote:
> On 01/05/2014 15:10, Silver Slimer wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-05-01 9:29 AM, White Spirit wrote:
> 
>>> On 01/05/2014 13:54,  flatfish+++ wrote:
> 
>>>> Guess upgrades in the Linux world just don't work quite as well as
>>>> the COLA minions keep trumpeting.
> 
>>> They do if you don't use Ubuntu.
> 
>> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND Ubuntu
>> screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of the bullshit
>> you spread from time to time and keep it on your morning toast.
> 
> I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six
> distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you would
> surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.
> 
> 
> 
Odd that OpenSuse update on 12.3 made linux unbootable.  I've updated it
for almost a year, and then it finally happened... CRASH!!!!
Sorry, but your dog just doesn't hunt.


-- 
We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters
will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks
to the Internet, we know this is not true -- Robert Wilensky, 1997

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#241092

On 2014-05-01 12:42 PM, GreyCloud wrote:
> On 5/1/2014 10:16 AM, White Spirit wrote:
>> On 01/05/2014 15:10, Silver Slimer wrote:
>>
>>> On 2014-05-01 9:29 AM, White Spirit wrote:
>>
>>>> On 01/05/2014 13:54,  flatfish+++ wrote:
>>
>>>>> Guess upgrades in the Linux world just don't work quite as well as
>>>>> the COLA minions keep trumpeting.
>>
>>>> They do if you don't use Ubuntu.
>>
>>> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND Ubuntu
>>> screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of the bullshit
>>> you spread from time to time and keep it on your morning toast.
>>
>> I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six
>> distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you would
>> surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.
>>
>>
>>
> Odd that OpenSuse update on 12.3 made linux unbootable.  I've updated it
> for almost a year, and then it finally happened... CRASH!!!!
> Sorry, but your dog just doesn't hunt.

Friend, it is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE that ANYTHING within GNU/Linux 
crashed. Suggesting otherwise makes you a heathen and can be punished 
with anything between whipping and a hanging.

-- 
Silver Slimer
Wikipedia & OpenMedia Supporter

163 Reasons not to deal with Michael "Snit" Glasser, the Prescott 
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#241094

On Thu, 01 May 2014 13:02:43 -0400, Silver Slimer wrote:

> On 2014-05-01 12:42 PM, GreyCloud wrote:
>> On 5/1/2014 10:16 AM, White Spirit wrote:
>>> On 01/05/2014 15:10, Silver Slimer wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2014-05-01 9:29 AM, White Spirit wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On 01/05/2014 13:54,  flatfish+++ wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Guess upgrades in the Linux world just don't work quite as well as
>>>>>> the COLA minions keep trumpeting.
>>>
>>>>> They do if you don't use Ubuntu.
>>>
>>>> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND Ubuntu
>>>> screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of the bullshit
>>>> you spread from time to time and keep it on your morning toast.
>>>
>>> I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six
>>> distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you would
>>> surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Odd that OpenSuse update on 12.3 made linux unbootable.  I've updated it
>> for almost a year, and then it finally happened... CRASH!!!!
>> Sorry, but your dog just doesn't hunt.
> 
> Friend, it is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE that ANYTHING within GNU/Linux 
> crashed. Suggesting otherwise makes you a heathen and can be punished 
> with anything between whipping and a hanging.

Yep.

It has to be one of (at least) 3 things:

1. You are using the wrong distribution.
2. You are incompetent.
3. Works for me, must be you.


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#241096

On 5/1/14, 10:05 AM, in article
10j8wlwcam5rj$.1tll0x3rqw1qk$.dlg@40tude.net, "flatfish+++"
<phlatphish@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>> Odd that OpenSuse update on 12.3 made linux unbootable.  I've updated it
>>> for almost a year, and then it finally happened... CRASH!!!!
>>> Sorry, but your dog just doesn't hunt.
>> 
>> Friend, it is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE that ANYTHING within GNU/Linux
>> crashed. Suggesting otherwise makes you a heathen and can be punished
>> with anything between whipping and a hanging.
> 
> Yep.
> 
> It has to be one of (at least) 3 things:
> 
> 1. You are using the wrong distribution.
> 2. You are incompetent.
> 3. Works for me, must be you.

Always!


-- 
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* Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs?     <http://youtu.be/CU-whJQvtfA>
* Mint KDE working with folders:    <http://youtu.be/7C9nvniOoE0>
* Mint KDE creating files:          <http://youtu.be/N7-fZJaJUv8>
* Mint KDE help:                    <http://youtu.be/3ikizUd3sa8>
* Mint KDE general navigation:      <http://youtu.be/t9y14yZtQuI>
* Mint / LibreOffice:               <http://youtu.be/USU9iqppfto>
* Win 8 / Word 2013:                <http://youtu.be/z8gUL2TCcV4>
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#241127

On Thursday, May 1, 2014 10:14:59 AM UTC-7, Snit wrote:
> On 5/1/14, 10:05 AM, in article
> 
> 10j8wlwcam5rj$.1tll0x3rqw1qk$.dlg@40tude.net, "flatfish+++"
> 
> <phlatphish@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >>> Odd that OpenSuse update on 12.3 made linux unbootable.  I've updated it
> 
> >>> for almost a year, and then it finally happened... CRASH!!!!
> 
> >>> Sorry, but your dog just doesn't hunt.
> 
> >> 
> 
> >> Friend, it is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE that ANYTHING within GNU/Linux
> 
> >> crashed. Suggesting otherwise makes you a heathen and can be punished
> 
> >> with anything between whipping and a hanging.
> 
> > 
> 
> > Yep.
> 
> > 
> 
> > It has to be one of (at least) 3 things:
> 
> > 
> 
> > 1. You are using the wrong distribution.
> 
> > 2. You are incompetent.
> 
> > 3. Works for me, must be you.

Funny. This is the same list you provide me when MS OS 8.1 crashes as
it often does.

Now to check out MS Fixit and do assorted bits of hobby tinkering on
Redmond's latest near monopoly-ware.

This monkey pounds his keyboard......................Trig

> 
> 
> 
> Always!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> * Mint MATE: Trash, Panel, Menu:    <http://youtu.be/C0y74FIf7uE>
> 
> * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs?     <http://youtu.be/CU-whJQvtfA>
> 
> * Mint KDE working with folders:    <http://youtu.be/7C9nvniOoE0>
> 
> * Mint KDE creating files:          <http://youtu.be/N7-fZJaJUv8>
> 
> * Mint KDE help:                    <http://youtu.be/3ikizUd3sa8>
> 
> * Mint KDE general navigation:      <http://youtu.be/t9y14yZtQuI>
> 
> * Mint / LibreOffice:               <http://youtu.be/USU9iqppfto>
> 
> * Win 8 / Word 2013:                <http://youtu.be/z8gUL2TCcV4>
> 
> * Mavericks / Pages 5.1:            <http://youtu.be/D3BPWANQoIk>

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#241132

On Thursday, May 1, 2014 8:21:47 PM UTC, Poisoned by Win 8.1 wrote:
> On Thursday, May 1, 2014 10:14:59 AM UTC-7, Snit wrote:
> 
> > On 5/1/14, 10:05 AM, in article
> 
> > 
> 
> > 10j8wlwcam5rj$.1tll0x3rqw1qk$.dlg@40tude.net, "flatfish+++"
> 
> > 
> 
> > <phlatphish@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > >>> Odd that OpenSuse update on 12.3 made linux unbootable.  I've updated it
> 
> > 
> 
> > >>> for almost a year, and then it finally happened... CRASH!!!!
> 
> > 
> 
> > >>> Sorry, but your dog just doesn't hunt.
> 
> > 
> 
> > >> 
> 
> > 
> 
> > >> Friend, it is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE that ANYTHING within GNU/Linux
> 
> > 
> 
> > >> crashed. Suggesting otherwise makes you a heathen and can be punished
> 
> > 
> 
> > >> with anything between whipping and a hanging.
> 
> > 
> 
> > > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > > Yep.
> 
> > 
> 
> > > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > > It has to be one of (at least) 3 things:
> 
> > 
> 
> > > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > > 1. You are using the wrong distribution.
> 
> > 
> 
> > > 2. You are incompetent.
> 
> > 
> 
> > > 3. Works for me, must be you.
> 
> 
> 
> Funny. This is the same list you provide me when MS OS 8.1 crashes as
> 
> it often does.
> 
> 
> 
> Now to check out MS Fixit and do assorted bits of hobby tinkering on
> 
> Redmond's latest near monopoly-ware.
> 
> 
> 
> This monkey pounds his keyboard......................Trig
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > Always!
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > -- 
> 
> > 
> 
> > * Mint MATE: Trash, Panel, Menu:    <http://youtu.be/C0y74FIf7uE>
> 
> > 
> 
> > * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs?     <http://youtu.be/CU-whJQvtfA>
> 
> > 
> 
> > * Mint KDE working with folders:    <http://youtu.be/7C9nvniOoE0>
> 
> > 
> 
> > * Mint KDE creating files:          <http://youtu.be/N7-fZJaJUv8>
> 
> > 
> 
> > * Mint KDE help:                    <http://youtu.be/3ikizUd3sa8>
> 
> > 
> 
> > * Mint KDE general navigation:      <http://youtu.be/t9y14yZtQuI>
> 
> > 
> 
> > * Mint / LibreOffice:               <http://youtu.be/USU9iqppfto>
> 
> > 
> 
> > * Win 8 / Word 2013:                <http://youtu.be/z8gUL2TCcV4>
> 
> > 
> 
> > * Mavericks / Pages 5.1:            <http://youtu.be/D3BPWANQoIk>

Another thread ruined by Michael Glasser Prescott Computer guy of Prescott, Arizona.

http://prescottcomputerguy.com

His video expertise is shown here

http://prescottcomputerguy.com/screenflow

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#241141

On 5/1/2014 2:21 PM, Poisoned by Win 8.1 wrote:
> On Thursday, May 1, 2014 10:14:59 AM UTC-7, Snit wrote:
>> On 5/1/14, 10:05 AM, in article
>>
>> 10j8wlwcam5rj$.1tll0x3rqw1qk$.dlg@40tude.net, "flatfish+++"
>>
>> <phlatphish@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> Odd that OpenSuse update on 12.3 made linux unbootable.  I've updated it
>>
>>>>> for almost a year, and then it finally happened... CRASH!!!!
>>
>>>>> Sorry, but your dog just doesn't hunt.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Friend, it is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE that ANYTHING within GNU/Linux
>>
>>>> crashed. Suggesting otherwise makes you a heathen and can be punished
>>
>>>> with anything between whipping and a hanging.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Yep.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> It has to be one of (at least) 3 things:
>>
>>>
>>
>>> 1. You are using the wrong distribution.
>>
>>> 2. You are incompetent.
>>
>>> 3. Works for me, must be you.
> 
> Funny. This is the same list you provide me when MS OS 8.1 crashes as
> it often does.
> 
> Now to check out MS Fixit and do assorted bits of hobby tinkering on
> Redmond's latest near monopoly-ware.
> 
> This monkey pounds his keyboard......................Trig
> 
LOL!  You didn't see any shakespeare yet have you?

-- 
We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters
will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks
to the Internet, we know this is not true -- Robert Wilensky, 1997

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#241097

On 2014-05-01 1:05 PM,  flatfish+++ wrote:
> On Thu, 01 May 2014 13:02:43 -0400, Silver Slimer wrote:
>
>> On 2014-05-01 12:42 PM, GreyCloud wrote:
>>> On 5/1/2014 10:16 AM, White Spirit wrote:
>>>> On 01/05/2014 15:10, Silver Slimer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2014-05-01 9:29 AM, White Spirit wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> On 01/05/2014 13:54,  flatfish+++ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Guess upgrades in the Linux world just don't work quite as well as
>>>>>>> the COLA minions keep trumpeting.
>>>>
>>>>>> They do if you don't use Ubuntu.
>>>>
>>>>> I had Fedora, Kororaa, Sabayon (most often), Debian, openSUSE AND Ubuntu
>>>>> screw up on me after an update. Try filtering out some of the bullshit
>>>>> you spread from time to time and keep it on your morning toast.
>>>>
>>>> I would take your word for it but if you had installed and used six
>>>> distributions and used them long enough to perform updates, you would
>>>> surely demonstrate less ignorance about Linux than you do.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Odd that OpenSuse update on 12.3 made linux unbootable.  I've updated it
>>> for almost a year, and then it finally happened... CRASH!!!!
>>> Sorry, but your dog just doesn't hunt.
>>
>> Friend, it is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE that ANYTHING within GNU/Linux
>> crashed. Suggesting otherwise makes you a heathen and can be punished
>> with anything between whipping and a hanging.
>
> Yep.
>
> It has to be one of (at least) 3 things:
>
> 1. You are using the wrong distribution.
> 2. You are incompetent.
> 3. Works for me, must be you.

It's BECAUSE I actually respected the first answer that I tried 
different distributions. I was quite content with Ubuntu and its effort 
to keep the whole system free but people kept suggesting that Fedora was 
faster or Debian was more respectful of the freedom aspect and Sabayon 
was more bleeding-edge and Arch was more this and more that. I ended up 
with Debian before I finally gave up on GNU/Linux. If the users 
themselves can't figure out what to use, how could I?

-- 
Silver Slimer
Wikipedia & OpenMedia Supporter

163 Reasons not to deal with Michael "Snit" Glasser, the Prescott 
Computer Guy
http://cosmicpenguin.com/snitlist.html

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#241098

On 5/1/14, 10:20 AM, in article ljtvnn$17r$1@dont-email.me, "Silver Slimer"
<slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:

>>> Friend, it is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE that ANYTHING within GNU/Linux
>>> crashed. Suggesting otherwise makes you a heathen and can be punished
>>> with anything between whipping and a hanging.
>> 
>> Yep.
>> 
>> It has to be one of (at least) 3 things:
>> 
>> 1. You are using the wrong distribution.
>> 2. You are incompetent.
>> 3. Works for me, must be you.
> 
> It's BECAUSE I actually respected the first answer that I tried
> different distributions. I was quite content with Ubuntu and its effort
> to keep the whole system free but people kept suggesting that Fedora was
> faster or Debian was more respectful of the freedom aspect and Sabayon
> was more bleeding-edge and Arch was more this and more that. I ended up
> with Debian before I finally gave up on GNU/Linux. If the users
> themselves can't figure out what to use, how could I?

One one hand they claim this is great "choice", but on the other they use it
to insist the user is *always* at fault for picking the wrong distro ...
though they also insist they are all really about the same and should be
counted as such on usage stats - and they fail to see why users would not
want to jump from distro to distro trying to find one that actually serves
them well. If you are not willing to find a tool that serves you half as
well as OS X or Windows than you must be a "sheep" who is not willing to
thing for yourself.

Amazing to watch.


-- 
* Mint MATE: Trash, Panel, Menu:    <http://youtu.be/C0y74FIf7uE>
* Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs?     <http://youtu.be/CU-whJQvtfA>
* Mint KDE working with folders:    <http://youtu.be/7C9nvniOoE0>
* Mint KDE creating files:          <http://youtu.be/N7-fZJaJUv8>
* Mint KDE help:                    <http://youtu.be/3ikizUd3sa8>
* Mint KDE general navigation:      <http://youtu.be/t9y14yZtQuI>
* Mint / LibreOffice:               <http://youtu.be/USU9iqppfto>
* Win 8 / Word 2013:                <http://youtu.be/z8gUL2TCcV4>
* Mavericks / Pages 5.1:            <http://youtu.be/D3BPWANQoIk>

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