Seriously, Linpus Linux--is it any good?
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From: The Natural Philosopher on 31 May 2010 19:08 RayLopez99 wrote: > On May 31, 7:02 pm, James Westwood > <westwood.spamoja...(a)rocketmail.com> wrote: >> I'm sorry but I don't have any experience with Linpus >> other than reading about it. It's a ridiculous name but >> Vista is no winner either. Vista reminds me of some kind >> of bicycle I think I might have rode as a kid. >> > > DO you realize what you are saying? Do you? > > You are saying that each and every LInux distro is unique. So there's > a chance that out of the box Linpus will not have KDE or some other > GUI to allow me to click and set up internet access? Since the > hardware does not have a CD/DVD (to keep the price down), I'm left > with a $300 paperweight. > > That's what you're saying. > > Oh, I code and am a power user in Windows and have built dozens of > systems from scratch. > No, you are just a rather sick liar. > Then you wonder about Linux's lack of acceptance. > > RL
From: Jean-David Beyer on 31 May 2010 20:29 James Westwood wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2010 01:15:31 -0500, felmon wrote: > >> On Mon, 31 May 2010 01:02:14 -0400, James Westwood wrote: >> >>> Openoffice makes claims of x number of downloads yet how many people >>> have actually seen Openoffice in the wild? I have not. >> I agree with your other points. Linux is not catching on in the US. (I am >> not so sure about other places in the world though.) >> >> anyway, I do see sightings of OO. I now see some (handful) students using >> OpenOffice. I assume they are using it via Windows but I haven't asked. I have a friend that uses OpenOffice, I believe on a MAC. I have been running it ever since Applixware disappeared, at least 6 years ago. I run it on Linux. >> >> Felmon > > That's good news then because it's a very good program > and certainly good enough for most users needs. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 20:25:01 up 25 days, 4:20, 4 users, load average: 4.46, 4.58, 4.66
From: Aragorn on 1 Jun 2010 01:06 On Monday 31 May 2010 23:17 in comp.os.linux.setup, somebody identifying as RayLopez99 wrote... > Oh, I code and am a power user in Windows and have built dozens of > systems from scratch. Your conspicuous lack of understanding of the basics of an operating system and of basic 21st century network technology contradicts that statement. -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: Bob Martin on 1 Jun 2010 09:45 in 48070 20100531 151554 RayLopez99 <raylopez88(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On May 31, 3:46=A0pm, Norman Peelman <npeel...(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: >> =A0 =A0If you had installed VirtualBox or VMWare as per a previous thread= >, >> you'd have these answers already. So far, you are the only person I know >> of that distro-hops without ever installing anything. > >I'm posting from another machine now, one that does not support >Virtualization (it's only got a Pentium IV). > >Ray Nobody who matters uses Linux: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10187248.stm
From: chrisv on 1 Jun 2010 09:08
Matt Giwer wrote: >On 05/30/2010 06:25 PM, RayLopez99 wrote: >> On May 30, 10:56 pm, The Natural Philosopher<t...(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >>>> Seriously, Linpus Linux--is it any good? Serious replies only, though >>>> I am copying COLA. >>> More fool you, unless this is a deliberate troll. > >> Unless. Why don't you give an opinion on the Linpus, pus? >> This is the fabled "Linux community"? > > Legendary perhaps but not fabled. Why are you people feeding the RayDopez troll? |