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

[Michael Havens]

hwy are you using netflix? Use xbmc!

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Phil Waclawski <phil.waclawski at mesacc.edu>
wrote:

> 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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