Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Cybe R. Wizard" Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mint,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: The Best Linux Distros for First Time Switchers from Windows and Mac Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 06:26:20 -0500 Organization: Inner-Dementia-Null Consortium Of Wizardly Dudes Lines: 56 Message-ID: <20150507062620.65a44c2c@wizardstower> References: <4bb6c$553a0184$43da7656$15582@nntpswitch.blueworldhosting.com> <260420151231478227%michelle@michelle.org> <260420151303111276%michelle@michelle.org> <554395bc$0$54662$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com> <020520150604196007%michelle@michelle.org> <020520151413399505%timstreater@greenbee.net> <020520150628182303%michelle@michelle.org> <060520150929077812%YourName@YourISP.com> <20150505165619.547934f1@wizardstower> <060520151315088078%YourName@YourISP.com> <20150506092714.56e723a4@wizardstower> <070520150927566150%YourName@YourISP.com> <20150506200448.0a8a679e@wizardstower> <070520151314036419%YourName@YourISP.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="af49a7233627062d5fa5420618cb9ab0"; logging-data="22852"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/mxqxSNz+1nSy43lR0Krbo" X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Cancel-Lock: sha1:EuQuhYPBzsOHoHg39ymFSBCFwYY= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:74994 On Thu, 07 May 2015 13:14:03 +1200 Your Name wrote: > In article <20150506200448.0a8a679e@wizardstower>, Cybe R. Wizard > wrote: > > On Thu, 07 May 2015 09:27:56 +1200 > > Your Name wrote: > > > In article <20150506092714.56e723a4@wizardstower>, Cybe R. Wizard > > > wrote: > > > > On Wed, 06 May 2015 13:15:08 +1200 > > > > Your Name wrote: > > > > > In article <20150505165619.547934f1@wizardstower>, Cybe R. > > > > > Wizard wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 06 May 2015 09:29:07 +1200 > > > > > > Your Name wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you unplugged the keyboard from a DOS PC and then > > > > > > > started it up, it would complain with an error message > > > > > > > along the lines of "No keyboard found. Hit any key to > > > > > > > continue" ... that fact alone is enough to tell you > > > > > > > Microsloth produced utter crap from day one... > > > > > > > > > > > > I've seen this before (rather a lot) and, although it makes > > > > > > a good and probably true (on some levels) tale, my own > > > > > > thoughts have always been that it was someone's idea of a > > > > > > joke. A good one, too, IMO. > > > > > > > > > > It's definitely true ... I've seen it myself years ago when > > > > > forced to use a crappy PC. > > > > > > > > Oh, I'm not saying it isn't true; I've seen it myself. I am > > > > saying that it was intended to be an on-going joke sort of like > > > > easter eggs. > > > > > > An easter egg / joke wouldn't be designed to stop you working ... > > > unless it was designed by a moron. There was no way to get past > > > that message once it was displayed (other than first playing in > > > the BIOS as others have said) - if it was a "joke" than the > > > computer would have continued booting after a brief pause. > > > > Sure, there was a way to get around it. I've done it, myself. Shut > > off the computer (at this point even a pull on the plug makes little > > difference), check connections and/or replace the mouse, boot. Bob's > > your uncle or you have bigger problems. > > I meant easy to get rid of and carry on, as in the brief pause I said > above. Having to plug in a keyboard and reboot means it's obviously > not a joke, or is a joke put there by an absolute moron. Remember it /is/ a Microsoft product we're talking about. Cybe R. Wizard -- Registered GNU/Linux user # 126326 Registered Ubuntu User (deprecated) # 2136