Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

[Phil Waclawski]

http://www.compholio.com/netflix-desktop/

It works fairly well if you want netflix on Linux. Even if it does install
silverlight :P
Phil Waclawski


On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 2:45 PM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:

> What a great rant!!  I was on my way to look for a video on HULU.... I
> enjoyed this much more.
>
> I think Win7 is one of the best OS's ever made.  I started with DOS 2.11
> and stayed with DOS until 95 when I was forced to use it.
>
> In 2000 I used Linux for 8 months and then went back to Windows.  In 2006
> I used Linux for about 3 months and went back to Windows.  Mostly because I
> need IE for testing.  I hated IE in Wine.  I've been using Kubuntu as my
> main system for 5 or 6 months. I think it will stick this time.  It has
> been a pain making the switch.  I still need to load Windows in a virtual
> machine so I can have everything on one machine.  No time and no energy to
> do so at this time.  I stay with Kubuntu because I know at some point I am
> really going to forced to switch over to Linux any way.
>
> I have a laptop running Win7.  I use it to test with IE and to use
> Go-To_Meetings which does not work on Linux for some reason.  Since my two
> large screens are connected to my Linux box I am unable to enjoy NetFlix
> until I get a vmachine set up with Windows.
>
> In summary I would say that each have their strong points.  I like some of
> the things about Kubuntu and I like other things about Windows.  If I could
> combine them I would.
>
>
>
> On 2014-06-21 16:02, joe at actionline.com wrote:
>
>> Brian last wrote (in very small part ;)
>>
>>> Re: KDE ... these days it's quite small.
>>>
>>
>> Brian, your comments (and advice and guidance) are always especially
>> helpful and very, very much appreciated.
>>
>> I, too, much prefer KDE and Mint to the many other distros that I have
>> tried.  Sometimes, I get very frustrated with changes that they make that
>> often seem to me to create a frustrating nuisance and make things worse
>> than the way things were before the change.  I do *despise* everything
>> about nepomuk and akonadi and never seem to have been able to totally
>> eliminate it from my systems.
>>
>> Also, for example, I really wish they would bring back the hide button
>> for the start line.
>>
>> Most annoying to me is when they force new things on us instead of just
>> giving the option to "opt-in" if we should choose to do so.
>>
>> Yet, all-in-all, I am just so incredibly thankful to not have to live
>> with that most horrific of all annoyances that is M$. Every time I have
>> to try to help my dear bride with her M$ box, I praise God again that I
>> don't have to contend with that.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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