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From: ABSDoug on 10 Jun 2010 17:30
--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Alexander Batischev <eual.jp(a)gmail.com> wrote:

<<<Have you ever read "How to Ask Questions in a Smart Way", nice howto by Eric Steve Raymond? If no, my advice is to read it.>>>

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What, no link? ;-)

I've got it bookmarked.





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From: ABSDoug on 10 Jun 2010 17:50
--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Mihamina Rakotomandimby <mihamina(a)gulfsat.mg> wrote:

> He will ask you the exact URL...

If *I* was the person posting advice, *I* would have posted the URL. But then I try to make things EASY when helping... as opposed to being difficult on a list designed to help people.





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From: ABSDoug on 10 Jun 2010 17:50
--- On Thu, 6/10/10, John Hasler <jhasler(a)debian.org> wrote:

> Iceweasel is not merely a clone of Firefox.  It _is_
> Firefox.  It's
> called Iceweasel in Debian because Mozilla doesn't want
> Debian to use
> the trademarked Firefox name.

Thanks for that clarification. In doing some more reading... isn't Firefox the most important FOSS software out there? Even MS people that don't know Linux know Firefox, someone I read pointed this out. But maybe this is off topic?






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From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. on 10 Jun 2010 18:00
On Thursday 10 June 2010 16:43:29 ABSDoug wrote:
> --- On Thu, 6/10/10, John Hasler <jhasler(a)debian.org> wrote:
> > Iceweasel is not merely a clone of Firefox. It _is_
> > Firefox. It's
> > called Iceweasel in Debian because Mozilla doesn't want
> > Debian to use
> > the trademarked Firefox name.
>
> Thanks for that clarification. In doing some more reading... isn't Firefox
> the most important FOSS software out there? Even MS people that don't know
> Linux know Firefox, someone I read pointed this out. But maybe this is off
> topic?

On MS Windows, Firefox is a salvation from the mess that is Internet Explorer.

In most free software distributions, it is just another web browser. It is
popular, but it's not my favorite or the one I use the most.

On Mac OS X, why aren't you using Safari?

Its importance depends on where you measure. Debian refuses to alter the
requirement that the security team be allowed to release patched versions of
the software without approval from outside the team. This is incompatible
with the License of the Firefox trademark; so Debian uses a version of the
Firefox source code that does not contain the trademarked items.
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From: Matthew Moore on 11 Jun 2010 00:40
On Thursday 10 June 2010 9:04:52 pm ABSDoug wrote:
> --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Neal Hogan <nealhogan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Now that I know Mr. Hogan here doesn't have anything intelligent to
add,
> off to the kill file with him!

It is not necessary to let us know when you are going to ignore someone.
Surely a personal email would suffice for letting the person know.

FYI, you quote funny.

MM


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