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

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I take it you are using XBMC to watch NetFlix?

On 2014-06-21 17:00, Michael Havens wrote:
> 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/ [1]
>> 
>> 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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