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From: William Poaster on 3 Jun 2010 11:05 Aragorn wrote: > On Thursday 03 June 2010 00:12 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody > identifying as William Poaster wrote... > >> Robert Nichols wrote: >> >>> On 06/01/2010 03:01 PM, RayLopez99 wrote: >>>> >>>> OK, yet another distro though--do I keep trying them all until one >>>> works? And do they all fit on 2GB FlashRAM stick (see my reply to >>>> AZ Nomad)? Do I just buy a external DVD for this cheap machine >>>> (which costs about 33% of the total price of $300!)? Probably I >>>> will buy a DVD, so I can install N versions of Linux--but which one >>>> first? I'm not going to make a hobby installing Linux distros--not >>>> my thing. >>> >>> Many distros have a "Live CD" which you can put on a USB flash stick >>> and try out without having to go through an install. It'll run >>> somewhat slowly (booting will be _really_ slow), but you can quickly >>> find out whether your hardware is supported. I know Fedora, CentOS, >>> and Ubuntu all have live CDs available. (In the case of Ubuntu, it's >>> the regular install CD, which has an option to try out without >>> installing.) >>> >>> BTW, that 7-year support for RHEL and CentOS is from when the base >>> release, in this case "5", became available. CentOS 5 was released >>> in 2007, and support for all CentOS 5.x is scheduled to end on >>> 31 Mar 2014. Still a lot better than Fedora, where each release >>> has support for at most 18 months (technically, until one month >>> after version N+2 is released, and new releases can come as fast >>> as 6 months apart). >> >> YHBT: RayLopez99 is a known anti-Linux troll. > > And after the good example set by General Schvantzkopf, Ray Lopez has > now joined the other trolls in my bit bucket as well. I am well > reputed for my patience, but I've really had it with this guy. > > As a GNU/Linux and FOSS advocate, I don't mind setting a Windows > advocate straight on their misconceptions - on the contrary, an honest > dialog is the only way to break through the prejudices - but a genuine > and honest Windows advocate would then either continue the debate in a > serene way by trying to refute my arguments with what he or she > construes as perfect logic and technical argumentation. It would be a > real debate. > > Ray Lopez is not a Windows advocate. He's simply a Windroid[1] troll > who asks nonsensical off-topic questions which are padded from top to > bottom with anti-GNU/Linux drivel and contempt for the very people he > seeks advice from, and he has already admitted to that. No valid > arguments will hold with Ray Lopez and his ilk, because they don't even > read them. After all, doing so would deprive them of their reason to > come here and troll the group with flamebait and insult. > > It is not my habit to insult people, but let's face it, Ray Lopez is a > bully and a loser who's got nothing else to do with his time than waste > ours. Agreed. > [1] By his own admission, he has no understanding of operating system > technology or networking and internet connections, and he considers > someone a power-user if they do a lot of work in Microsoft Office. > This is akin to a kindergarten toddler considering someone a quantum > physicist because they can count to five on one hand. > > Nobody can be expected to know everything, and not every person has the > same intellectual capacities as another person, but stupidity itself is > a choice, not a natural property of one's brain, and as Albert Einstein > once said, "If you cannot explain a complex subject onto a layman in > simple terms, then you have not understood the subject yourself." > > I firmly believe that with the proper explanation, a sufficient dose of > patience and possibly a bit of handholding - there's no shame in that - > everyone can be taught almost everything. Everyone, except those who > deliberately choose to remain ignorant. *That* is what stupidity > really is: the deliberate choice to remain ignorant so as to be able to > use that as an excuse to be allowed to continue one's venture along the > wrong path. > > Ray Lopez is stupid and malevolent, and any good advice given to him is > wasted, like pearls before the swine. And that's an insult to the > swine. Indeed it is! > Cheers, my friend. ;-) Stay well, Aragorn. Always a pleasure to read your posts. :-) -- FreeBSD 8.0 64-bit Kubuntu 10.04 64-bit Mandriva 2010 64-bit |