A replacement for about-to-be-closed NGs
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From: Norm on 23 May 2010 18:21 Mayayana formulated on Sunday : >> It has been awhile since I played around with Linux, but I seem to >> remember Ubuntu being about the easiest install of Linux that I had >> ever used. You can download a version and install it with iso at no >> cost at all. They also had pretty good newsgroups. You might give it a >> try. >> > > Yes, but I wanted finished Linux, not > kiddie Linux. Not sure what you mean by kiddie Linux, but I sure liked it a lot more than SuSe. Norm
From: Henning on 23 May 2010 18:30 -- Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc "Mayayana" <mayayana(a)invalid.nospam> skrev i meddelandet news:%23VxnFWs%23KHA.4316(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > | It has been awhile since I played around with Linux, but I seem to > | remember Ubuntu being about the easiest install of Linux that I had > | ever used. You can download a version and install it with iso at no > | cost at all. They also had pretty good newsgroups. You might give it a > | try. > | > > Yes, but I wanted finished Linux, not > kiddie Linux. > > Comming from kiddie windows, kiddie linux isn't that bad ;) /Henning
From: DanS on 24 May 2010 11:03 "Mayayana" <mayayana(a)invalid.nospam> wrote in news:#VxnFWs#KHA.4316(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > >| It has been awhile since I played around with Linux, but I >| seem to remember Ubuntu being about the easiest install of >| Linux that I had ever used. You can download a version and >| install it with iso at no cost at all. They also had >| pretty good newsgroups. You might give it a try. >| > > Yes, but I wanted finished Linux, not > kiddie Linux. > > I don't have any clue as to what you mean by 'kiddie' Linux. .......unless you believe the real Lintards that say K/Ubuntu sucks because it's too easy to install, and generally works. They'd prefer to CLI grep text files and use edlin like programs instead of using a simple GUI. I haven't tried the latest version, but the previous one installed, found all hardware, and everythin gworked on it's own. Then shy away from Ubuntu, and try Kubuntu instead. The difference is Kubuntu uses the KDE desktop, and Ubuntu uses GNOME. IMO, KDE is much more asthetically appealing that GNOME. KDE also has better intrinsic apps than GNOME.
From: Mark McGinty on 24 May 2010 16:46 "dpb" <none(a)non.net> wrote in message news:htc0qg$1fp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Mark McGinty wrote: > ... >> In hopes of filling the void that will be left by these pending closures, >> I've added a section to a forum I created a couple of years ago, >> www.deprecatethis.com. ... as a >> replacement -- of course it isn't a news group, but at least the >> questions >> we used to post in these newsgroups will be on-topic. Another plus is >> that the site admin (that would be me) will be highly receptive to >> suggestions, making this a chance to shape a new community. >> > For ms.p.vb.g.d group it appears the consensus is to move to existing > comp.lang.basic.visual.misc newsgroup. Most of these groups wouldn't be > terribly off-topic if at all there and until there's sufficient traffic to > generate the need, I see no reason for anything else. > > And, of course, it's still to be determined whether the mirrored sites > will cease to carry the msnews hierarchies they're currently mirroring > just because MS pulls the plug on their servers. Interesting... to be fair I don't know that much about NNTP infrastructure, but I would've assumed the mirrors wouldn't be able to continue without the source. > ... > >> I understand the preference for NNTP over web-based forums, but >> unfortunately I lack the means to host an NNTP server, this is all I have >> to >> offer, so... Please consider yourself invited to join. > > ... > > Don't have any problem w/ the invitation but it doesn't seem necessary to > give up on usenet over the withdrawal of MS from participating > (fortunately). Time will tell, I suppose -- it always does. Thanks for taking time to consider my invitation, I appreciate it. -- Mark McGinty mmcgintyNG(a)deprecatethis.com (Note: this email will remain valid until it is abused by spammers, then it will become a bit bucket.)
From: dpb on 24 May 2010 17:47
Mark McGinty wrote: .... > Interesting... to be fair I don't know that much about NNTP infrastructure, > but I would've assumed the mirrors wouldn't be able to continue without the > source. .... No, NNTP is a distributed medium; I've not logged into the msnews servers in years. The question is whether a) MS will send an authenticated "removegroup" command and b) whether that will be responded to by all mirrors, if so. And, of course, there's the google groups archives--about the most I'd think MS could expect there would be to stop additional postings but given G's "handsoff" management to date, it's hard to imagine them doing anything whatever. I don't know for sure what'll happen, either, other than to "hide and watch"... -- |