I'm sorry if I offended or came off as being negative or ignorant. I guess I was just frustrated with all the recent hoopla about Ubuntu and then I come to find out it's nothing special. You are correct that a distro like this is great for bringing FS/OSS more into the mainstream and I know that's good for everyone. Forgive me for calling Ubuntu the "windoze of linux". I won't do that anymore and apologize to anyone who was offended by that. This is a great list/group and I appreciate all of our members.
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Subject: Re: Ubuntu 5.10 to 6.06 Upgrade Experience
Wagner, Steven G wrote:
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> Well I'm glad there's a wonderful new OS out there for people who don't like to learn (or as they always say, they don't have time). That just reinforces my view of Ubuntu being the windoze of Linux. I won't write a diatribe on this subject, I've just been thinking that I missed something great about Ubuntu and was missing out. Now I know I'm not missing out on anything. Fancy little name, though! At least it's still Linux, that's all that really matters I guess. Enjoy.
Wow. So you have the time to learn everything about everything you use?
You do:
- - all your own car repairs? And own all the diagnostic equipment to
read and hack the computer controllers in your cars?
- - all your own home repairs? Heck you even built your own house because
you like to learn and are now a general contractor?
- - all your own legal paperwork? You finished law school so you could do
it yourself and you like to learn?
- - all you home appliance repair? A TV is easy to tear down and put back
together if you like to learn?
- - Etc.
And anyone that doesn't like to learn all these things is just lazy and
a "windoze" user?
Just because someone does not want to learn all about how Linux works
does not mean they are lazy or any less of a valuable user than someone
that loves Gentoo or Linux From Scratch.
And calling Ubuntu the "windoze of Linux" is an amazingly ignorant
statement. I don't run Ubuntu but a distro that is easy to install and
use is a BENEFIT not a negative! AND, such a benefit does NOT preclude
one from using it as a basis to start learning how it works if one so
desires. Are you saying a Linux distro is only good if it is hard to
install?
We may have to agree to disagree here but I think the attitude that I
see in your statements above is not good for the FS/OSS community at
large or even for you.
I'm sorry. It must be late and I am being overly sarcastic here but
this posting just hit me wrong.
Alan
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