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approx 1 year ago I nearly started WW3 in this group by moaning about
how cr*p Linux is.

the stuff that really peed me off was having to type things like

sudo sed -i -e "s/# deb/deb/g" /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get
update

in a friggin command line when I had no idea if I was installing Flash
or a Trojan key-logger

I noticed last week that a new version of Ubuntu i.e.vers 8.10 was
out, so decided to give a spin.

I've got to admit I'm impressed.

Dual boot Install (with XP) on a 20GB partition has gone smoothly
including sensible requests like 'do you want to install the required
codecs' with no need for command line stuff.

All my fav stuff works e.g. PhotoshopTV, BBC iPlayer, YouTube, Google
Earth, xvid movies, DVDs, mp3s etc

- fat man on a bicycle - eating his words

Ubuntu = ****

wrote:

> approx 1 year ago I nearly started WW3 in this group by moaning about
> how cr*p Linux is.
>
> the stuff that really peed me off was having to type things like
>
> sudo sed -i -e "s/# deb/deb/g" /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get
> update
>
> in a friggin command line when I had no idea if I was installing Flash
> or a Trojan key-logger
>
> I noticed last week that a new version of Ubuntu i.e.vers 8.10 was
> out, so decided to give a spin.
>
> I've got to admit I'm impressed.
>
> Dual boot Install (with XP) on a 20GB partition has gone smoothly
> including sensible requests like 'do you want to install the required
> codecs' with no need for command line stuff.
>
> All my fav stuff works e.g. PhotoshopTV, BBC iPlayer, YouTube, Google
> Earth, xvid movies, DVDs, mp3s etc
>
> - fat man on a bicycle - eating his words

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wrote:
User-Agent: G2/1.0
X-HTTP-UserAgent: ... Ubuntu/8.10 ... Firefox/3.0.3

> I noticed last week that a new version of Ubuntu i.e.vers 8.10 was
> out, so decided to give a spin.
>
> I've got to admit I'm impressed.

> - fat man on a bicycle - eating his words

Good. Next you should start using a newsreader to read and post to usenet
groups like this one instead of GG googlegroups. There are plenty of
linux newsreaders which can easily be installed with Synaptic's point and
click, such as Thunderbird, Evolution and others. There are plenty of
free newsservers aioe, motzarella, and others.

There are a lot of things wrong with reading & posting to usenet via GG:

- compared to a newsreader, GG's interface is terrible
- GG provides no filtering of all of the GG sourced spam & hipcrime &
anonymized trolls
- GG's topic threading is very poor - nonexistent
- GG doesn't carry a lot of useful usenet groups, eg alt.os.linux.ubuntu
- because there's so much GG sourced spam & hipcrime & other
undesirables, many people filter /all/ GG posters, meaning that many of
the people who could help with a problem don't even see a GGer's post
- GG tends to induce some poor posting practices, such as top posting,
untrimmed bottom posting
- GG exposes the user's connectivity IP and as well as a good email
address in the From, which bothers privacy concerns
- GG doesn't provide an autosig or autosigtrimming


--
Mike Easter

Mike ya know i never knew how Carlton Heston felt in The Planet Of The Apes
when he got back in time on Earth (maybe it was forward) and they were all
apes when he said dam you all to pieces. After the election i know exactly
what he means now.

Mike Easter wrote:

> wrote:
> User-Agent: G2/1.0
> X-HTTP-UserAgent: ... Ubuntu/8.10 ... Firefox/3.0.3
>
> > I noticed last week that a new version of Ubuntu i.e.vers 8.10 was
> > out, so decided to give a spin.
> >
> > I've got to admit I'm impressed.
>
> > - fat man on a bicycle - eating his words
>
> Good. Next you should start using a newsreader to read and post to usenet
> groups like this one instead of GG googlegroups. There are plenty of
> linux newsreaders which can easily be installed with Synaptic's point and
> click, such as Thunderbird, Evolution and others. There are plenty of
> free newsservers aioe, motzarella, and others.
>
> There are a lot of things wrong with reading & posting to usenet via GG:
>
> - compared to a newsreader, GG's interface is terrible
> - GG provides no filtering of all of the GG sourced spam & hipcrime &
> anonymized trolls
> - GG's topic threading is very poor - nonexistent
> - GG doesn't carry a lot of useful usenet groups, eg alt.os.linux.ubuntu
> - because there's so much GG sourced spam & hipcrime & other
> undesirables, many people filter /all/ GG posters, meaning that many of
> the people who could help with a problem don't even see a GGer's post
> - GG tends to induce some poor posting practices, such as top posting,
> untrimmed bottom posting
> - GG exposes the user's connectivity IP and as well as a good email
> address in the From, which bothers privacy concerns
> - GG doesn't provide an autosig or autosigtrimming
>
> --
> Mike Easter

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs,

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond
the realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday

"Mike Easter" <> wrote in
news:gf22i1$6v5$:
>
> There are a lot of things wrong with reading & posting
> to usenet via GG:

Earth to retard, aka Easter, this thread's topic is about
an individual's adventure and discovery of new virtual
territories to explore and enjoy.

Quit being such an a-hole and go back to beating your dog
or whatever it is you do that makes you such a jerk.

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[Your link(s) here - reasonable prices - current FX rates]

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Tony wrote:
> Ubuntu = ****

Tony = ****

>
> wrote:

>> the stuff that really peed me off was having to type things like
>>
>> sudo sed -i -e "s/# deb/deb/g" /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get
>> update
>>
>> in a friggin command line when I had no idea if I was installing Flash
>> or a Trojan key-logger

Then you are a ****ing idiot!

Last time i watched the move it was a censored version and the line actually
was changed to dam you all to pieces.

Mike Easter wrote:

> Tony wrote:
> > Mike ya know i never knew how Carlton Heston felt in The Planet Of The
> > Apes when he got back in time on Earth (maybe it was forward) and they
> > were all apes when he said dam you all to pieces. After the election i
> > know exactly what he means now.
>
> "God damn you all to hell" - video clip of the beach scene with the
> destroyed Statue of Liberty and the Heston line pounding the wet sand here
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYBDiD6ZCr8
>
> Place where you can give Obama some guidance in how to run the country
> here "It's Your America: Share Your Ideas - Share with us your concerns
> and hopes. - the policies you want to see carried out in the next four
> years." http://www.change.gov/page/s/yourvision
>
> --
> Mike Easter

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs,

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond
the realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday

If Chuckcar uses that operating system it has to be ****. Chuck is a freeware
fanatic, me i know you can't get something for nothing.

Cork Soaker wrote:

> Tony wrote:
> > Ubuntu = ****
>
> Tony = ****
>
> >
> > wrote:
>
> >> the stuff that really peed me off was having to type things like
> >>
> >> sudo sed -i -e "s/# deb/deb/g" /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get
> >> update
> >>
> >> in a friggin command line when I had no idea if I was installing Flash
> >> or a Trojan key-logger
>
> Then you are a ****ing idiot!

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs,

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond
the realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday

"Mike Easter" <> wrote in
news: m:

> Tony wrote:
>
>> Carlton Heston [...] After the election i know exactly
>> what he means now.
>
> "God damn you all to hell" - video clip of the beach scene with the
> destroyed Statue of Liberty and the Heston line pounding the wet sand
> here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYBDiD6ZCr8
>
> Place where you can give Obama some guidance in how to run the country
> here "It's Your America: Share Your Ideas - Share with us your concerns
> and hopes. - the policies you want to see carried out in the next four
> years." http://www.change.gov/page/s/yourvision

This is a whole 'nuther topic...

Try to be more inclusive, like good leetle gurls.

I'm suggesting they keep internet business transactions exempt from state
sales taxes to give that part of the economy a boost.

--

I am Bucky Breeder , (*(^; , & I got the key to your brand new
rollerskate.

[Your link(s) here - reasonable prices - current FX rates]

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so Linux gets better, but the command line a**holes get worse

it's not an OS it's a friggin CULT

WW3 again

- fat man on a bicycle -