Ubuntu/GNOME deteriorating?
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From: Robert Heller on 28 Mar 2010 09:14 At Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:13:11 +0000 (UTC) RonB <ronb02NOSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:03:11 -0500, Robert Heller wrote: > > > And I never, ever used any version of MS-Windows. I went from VMS to > > Ultrix / SunOS / Irix / OSF to Linux (first early Slackware, then RH > > 5.2, RH 6.2, RH 7.3, RH 9, WBL 3.0, CentOS 4.3 ... 4.8, to CentOS 5.4). > > I'm guessing you know Red Hat pretty well, then. "WBL?... White Box Linux? Yes. WBL is another RHEL clone... > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller(a)deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk
From: Moshe on 28 Mar 2010 11:27 On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:58:48 -0500, Terry Porter wrote: > Linux isn't Windows, and unlike the complete clusterfuck of changing from > Win95 to Win96, or XP to Vista7, a Linux user can change distros easily, > and without risk of losing precious data or configuration files. Wrong again Porter. And if you don't realize how wrong your statement is, you shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a computer, Linux or not.
From: Peter Köhlmann on 28 Mar 2010 11:36 Moshe (flatfish stealing a holocaust victims name) wrote: > On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:58:48 -0500, Terry Porter wrote: > > >> Linux isn't Windows, and unlike the complete clusterfuck of changing >> from Win95 to Win96, or XP to Vista7, a Linux user can change distros >> easily, and without risk of losing precious data or configuration >> files. > > Wrong again Porter. Good thing that you explained in detail /where/ you think it is "wrong" > And if you don't realize how wrong your statement is, you > shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a computer, Linux or not. And if you can't show him the "errors of his way" you are simply doing a Hadron. Lots of hot air, and nothing but lies beneath -- I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
From: Moshe on 28 Mar 2010 11:37 On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:50:56 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > Moshe wrote: >> On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:11:55 -0500, Ignoramus11443 wrote: >> >> >>> I would not call myself a moderate Linux user, I am a heavy Linux >>> user. >>> >>> i >> >> Moderate in terms of advocacy, not usage. > > WE dont advocate linux in comp.os.linux.misc. > > We USE it. > > If you must cross post, you must expect confusion. Yea, I can believe that. Over in COLA many of the so called Linux advocates use Windows, have Windows experience on their resumes and so forth. I have no problem with this except when they get on their soap box and proclaim how horrible Windows is, how people should boycott Microsoft etc. This makes them hypocrites.
From: Lusotec on 28 Mar 2010 14:32
Moshe wrote: > Terry is crazy if he thinks that he can change from say OpenSuse > to Debian and just copy his /home over and everything will work as > before. Migrating the /home user is very simple and easy. Either create a user with the same name and ID or change the owner:group of the $HOME directory and all that is inside. The way /home is structured, it can be shared with multiple GNU/Linux distributions, in multi boot or in multi system setups. I routinely rsync $HOME in my workstation with $HOME in my laptop and netbook. Migrating system setting requires more work than simply copying /etc, since the init scripts are not compatible. For the system settings, it is probably easier to configure the system than to try to migrate the configuration. For the applications, the configuration files can be copied, assuming the version in the 'new' OS is compatible with the version in the 'old' OS, configuration files wise. Usually they are if the 'new' version is newer or they have the same major version. Regards. |