From: Gordon Darling on 3 May 2010 09:24 http://ubuntu-manual.org/ "Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 is a comprehensive beginners guide for the Ubuntu operating system. It is written under an open source license and is free for you to download, read, modify and share. The manual will help you become familiar with everyday tasks such as surfing the web, listening to music and scanning documents. With an emphasis on easy to follow instructions, it is suitable for all levels of experience. Features Easy to understand - our manual has step by step instructions and is jargon-free A picture is worth a thousand words - lots of screenshots to show you how to do tasks All in one place - conveniently located in one file, so you don't have to look all over the web for help Progressive learning curve - start with the basics, and learn as you work through each chapter Dozens of languages - translated into more than 52 languages, including localized screenshots CC-BY-SA licensing - download, modify, reproduce and share as much as you like No cost - our documents are all written by Ubuntu community members and there is no charge to use them Printer friendly - we have a version optimized for printing to save the trees Troubleshooting section - to help you solve common Ubuntu problems quickly." Ideal for the Bear. Regards Gordon -- ox·y·mo·ron n. pl. ox·y·mo·ra or ox·y·mo·rons A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in Microsoft Security, Microsoft Help and Microsoft Works.
From: HeyBub on 3 May 2010 12:09 Bear Bottoms wrote: > Gordon Darling <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in news:4bdece74$0$278$14726298 > @news.sunsite.dk: > >> Ideal for the Bear. > > Not really. I do not need such nor do I want Linux desktop at this > time. > > The issues I run into are specific, like wifi...and such a manual > doesn't answer those type of specific issues. Or like no support at > all for some hardware I use. > > Windows manages all of my hardware and has much more choice of awesome > freeware, besides being the richest computing environment. I've used > Windows since it's inception, so why would I switch now? There would > have to be a much better reason than a few dollars which I gladly > contribute to support the most wonderful developement inducing system > the world has ever seen - capitalism. Going backwards to a lesser > more limited desktop system that only garners 1% of the market > doesn't seem smart. There was a time, not so long ago, when with every tolling of the hour by Big Ben, the British Ensign was being raised at sunrise somewhere in the world. Today, with every tick of the Atomic Clock at the National Bureau of Standards, several hundred copies of Windows are booting up all around the planet. I haven't found a simile for Linux.
From: Dave on 3 May 2010 15:28 On Mon, 03 May 2010 11:09:22 -0500, HeyBub wrote: > > There was a time, not so long ago, when with every tolling of the hour > by Big Ben, the British Ensign was being raised at sunrise somewhere in > the world. > > Today, with every tick of the Atomic Clock at the National Bureau of > Standards, several hundred copies of Windows are booting up all around > the planet. > > I haven't found a simile for Linux. Maybe one of these days they'll fix Windows so it won't need all that rebooting. <<<G>>> Dave -- Registered Linux user # 444770
From: Nicodemus on 3 May 2010 16:48 Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote in news:Xns9D6D98BE6BEABbearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net: > Dave <nodlee5spam(a)fuse.net> wrote in > news:1163e$4bdf23e9$4831158c$383(a)FUSE.NET: > >> On Mon, 03 May 2010 11:09:22 -0500, HeyBub wrote: >>> >>> There was a time, not so long ago, when with every tolling of the >>> hour by Big Ben, the British Ensign was being raised at sunrise >>> somewhere in the world. >>> >>> Today, with every tick of the Atomic Clock at the National Bureau of >>> Standards, several hundred copies of Windows are booting up all >>> around the planet. >>> >>> I haven't found a simile for Linux. >> >> >> Maybe one of these days they'll fix Windows so it won't need all that >> rebooting. <<<G>>> >> >> Dave >> >> > > Get XP or better and you won't have to. > In the meantime Have you wondered about your Soul
From: Mark Warner on 3 May 2010 16:50 Bear Bottoms wrote: > Gordon Darling wrote >> >> Ideal for the Bear. > > Not really. I do not need such nor do I want Linux desktop at this time. Which is fine. That's your prerogative. What *doesn't* fly is you pontificating about something of which you have no knowledge. -- Mark Warner ....lose .inhibitions when replying
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