Ubuntu/GNOME deteriorating?
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From: J G Miller on 29 Mar 2010 08:50 On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:33:34 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote: > Linux is the same bits repackaged in different ways. CentOS being the best example of this ;)
From: chrisv on 29 Mar 2010 09:14 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > mentally-ill troll wrote: >> >> Wrong again Porter. > >To be honest, Moshe, one should refrain from projecting ones own >inadequacies onto others. Just KF the mentally-ill, nym-shifting POS.
From: Jonathan N. Little on 29 Mar 2010 10:03 Hadron wrote: > What he SAID, and I agree from first hand experience, is that its NOT > just a case of BLINDLY copying your $HOME around and expecting it to > work. There are umpteen incompatibilities between distros - even > distros with a common inheritance. The COLA "advocates" would have you > believe it all "just works". It doesnt. > The problem with "advocates" is that they are normally so dumb that if > and when they manage to create a separate HOME partition they think they > are some kind of mega-1337 super hacker. Now my "Document and Settings" folder *is* on a different drive and in Windows that *is* some kind of mega-1337 super hacker. Linux is far more flexible, easier, successful, to update, transfer, or recreate a profile or system. -- Take care, Jonathan ------------------- LITTLE WORKS STUDIO http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
From: Mark on 1 Apr 2010 07:46
On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:29:23 -0500, Ignoramus11443 <ignoramus11443(a)NOSPAM.11443.invalid> wrote: >On 2010-03-27, Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> [snips] >> >> Ignoramus8345 wrote: >> >>>> Probably. If by that you mean a windows like GUI that allows you to >>>> manually connect to WiFi. >>> >>> To wifi, and to wireless broadband and modems. >>> >>>> I have to say, I junked it in favour of a 'connect at boot time' script.. >>> >>> connect at boot time does not work for me -- I use too many different >>> ways of connecting. >> >> I have sort of the opposite problem: I prefer boot-time connections, as >> I tend to mount remote shares, which kinda necessitates having a working >> connection. > >Not at all. I have a laptop on NetworkManager, and have several NFS >mounts that only work at home. I have a little command that runs every >10 minutes and mounts these shares if I am at home. It works great . > >> While I could do this at "desktop time", I'd much rather >> have it done as part of the boot process. >> >> As a result, I tossed Network Manager and replaced it with wicd. wicd's >> model makes it trivial, as the GUI component isn't required to launch a >> connection; it's used to create new connections, manage existing ones, >> etc. > >This was not necessary. > >> I use the GUI to define my default wireless setup, on reboots it >> automagically does its thing, but I can switch to a different connection >> when needed. >> >> Perhaps NetworkManager can also do this, but IME, it doesn't; it seems >> to insist that the GUI component be run and the proper credentials >> supplied (i.e. enter the admin pass) before it'll do anything useful. > >Sadly, this is true. I believe this issue is now fixed by I was not patient enough to wait and I ditched Network Manager. I prefer manual configuration anyway since you can easily back up your settings. -- (\__/) M. (='.'=) Due to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and (")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking most articles posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by everyone you will need use a different method of posting. |