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Now what I know about software can be put on a pin head
with room to spare.
But, if an old hori truck driver can use linux 99% of the time,
any one can use it.
Yes, I have noticed it is a damn sight easier with the distro
I am using now, just go to Synaptic and choose the software
I want.
One thing about linux, it stops the mokopuna from putting
games on my machine.
What I like, all the software I need is loaded, with the
exception of some DVD playing stuff.
Yep, I still use Windows for google earth etc.
I admit I wimp out in setting up a lot of linux network stuff,'
which is why Fish is so useful

--
grumpy

In article <ftn8du$3rn$>, grumpyoldhori did write:

> But, if an old hori truck driver can use linux 99% of the time,
> any one can use it.

Good on ya Grumpy.

On 2008-04-11, grumpyoldhori <> wrote:
>
> Now what I know about software can be put on a pin head
> with room to spare.
> But, if an old hori truck driver can use linux 99% of the time,
> any one can use it.
> Yes, I have noticed it is a damn sight easier with the distro
> I am using now, just go to Synaptic and choose the software
> I want.

In many ways synaptic, and its cousins, are the killer apps for
Linux. Dependency hell banished to history.


> One thing about linux, it stops the mokopuna from putting
> games on my machine.

They will learn.


> What I like, all the software I need is loaded, with the
> exception of some DVD playing stuff.

So you have fixed this no problem via synaptic yes?

> Yep, I still use Windows for google earth etc.

Ms Penguin here. Google Earth runs very well on Linux you know. So do
virtual machines.

> I admit I wimp out in setting up a lot of linux network stuff,'
> which is why Fish is so useful

Oh course Fish are useful, eat them all the time

grumpyoldhori wrote:
>
> One thing about linux, it stops the mokopuna from putting
> games on my machine.
>
The grandrat got on my Ubuntu machine and created shortcuts to Firefox
on my desktop. You gotta watch the sprogs. Linux is no barrier.

Cheers,

Cliff

--

Have you ever noticed that if something is advertised as 'amusing' or
'hilarious', it usually isn't?

On Apr 11, 8:45 pm, grumpyoldhori <grumpyoldh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now what I know about software can be put on a pin head
> with room to spare.
> But, if an old hori truck driver can use linux 99% of the time,
> any one can use it.

Watch it, mate. You are going to upset that old geezer "Impossible"

In article <1207908251.143904@ftpsrv1>, *sling did write:

> No sign of Apple users going about their setups.

You haven't seen some of the postings from "whoisthis", then?

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:45:17 +1200, grumpyoldhori
<> wrote:

>
> Now what I know about software can be put on a pin head
> with room to spare.
> But, if an old hori truck driver can use linux 99% of the time,
> any one can use it.
> Yes, I have noticed it is a damn sight easier with the distro
> I am using now, just go to Synaptic and choose the software
> I want.
> One thing about linux, it stops the mokopuna from putting
> games on my machine.
> What I like, all the software I need is loaded, with the
> exception of some DVD playing stuff.
> Yep, I still use Windows for google earth etc.
> I admit I wimp out in setting up a lot of linux network stuff,'
> which is why Fish is so useful

Google Earth runs fine in Ubuntu. Is your OS debian based?

E. Scrooge wrote:
>
> No sign of Apple users going about their setups. Perhaps they're
> just as content with what they have as many PC users who run Windows
> and much non Microsoft software are.
>
That's because Apple users are dimbulbs who don't realise that they can
have anything other than what they are given. I recall trying to support
Apple users who would not have *anything* installed on their Macs
because "if it was necessary it would already be installed"!!

They are even worse than Windows users.

Cheers,

Cliff

--

Have you ever noticed that if something is advertised as 'amusing' or
'hilarious', it usually isn't?

In article <1207912238.228013@ftpsrv1>, *sling did write:

> "Lawrence D'Oliveiro" <_zealand> wrote in message
> news:ftne4m$lg8$...
>
>> In article <1207908251.143904@ftpsrv1>, *sling did write:
>>
>>> No sign of Apple users going about their setups.
>>
>> You haven't seen some of the postings from "whoisthis", then?
>
> At least someone is flying the Apple flag.

So which is the good thing--that Apple users aren't going on about their
setups, or that they are?

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:45:17 +1200, grumpyoldhori wrote:

>
> Now what I know about software can be put on a pin head
> with room to spare.
> But, if an old hori truck driver can use linux 99% of the time,
> any one can use it.
> Yes, I have noticed it is a damn sight easier with the distro
> I am using now, just go to Synaptic and choose the software
> I want.
> One thing about linux, it stops the mokopuna from putting
> games on my machine.
> What I like, all the software I need is loaded, with the
> exception of some DVD playing stuff.
> Yep, I still use Windows for google earth etc.
> I admit I wimp out in setting up a lot of linux network stuff,'
> which is why Fish is so useful

Welcome to the world of minority computing.

-ws