FB wrote:[color=blue]
> Alias wrote:
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>> FB wrote:
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>>> Alias wrote:
>>>
>>>> Frank wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Frank wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> John Whitworth wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "R0bb0b" <rob@ositnet.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:R0bb0b.3dpi51@no-mx.tabletquestions.com...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> James;989530 Wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have the best of both worlds. You should try it. lol
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I also share my box with windoze and linux, only because I
>>>>>>>>>> have to. I
>>>>>>>>>> have a small partition of 10g set asside for windoze and only
>>>>>>>>>> use it
>>>>>>>>>> for specific .EXEs that I unfortunately cannot do without,
>>>>>>>>>> otherwise I
>>>>>>>>>> would prefer to get rid of it all together. I absolutely
>>>>>>>>>> refuse to get
>>>>>>>>>> Vista, am still using XP, I just don't like the way that MS
>>>>>>>>>> relys on the
>>>>>>>>>> public to debug their OS. But you know what, Mac is getting a
>>>>>>>>>> lot of
>>>>>>>>>> attention, especially now that they are using intel, and linux is
>>>>>>>>>> really stepping up now, I think that this is the beginning of
>>>>>>>>>> the end
>>>>>>>>>> of MS. Oh please oh please be true.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Don't be fooled. Linux isn't 'stepping up'. It is not, hasn't
>>>>>>>>> been for the 8 years that I've followed it, and probably never
>>>>>>>>> will be suitable for mainstream desktop computing. Last time it
>>>>>>>>> was apparently 'stepping up', there were Linux magazines
>>>>>>>>> available and all sorts. MS spends millions ensuring that their
>>>>>>>>> product provides what their target audience wants. Whether it
>>>>>>>>> works smoothly or not is another matter. Linux (in it's Ubuntu
>>>>>>>>> incarnation) on the other hand, looks virtually the same as it
>>>>>>>>> did back in the days when Red Hat was due to take over the
>>>>>>>>> world. It doesn't listen to what the majority of people want.
>>>>>>>>> I'm sure the acid test for most people would be being able to
>>>>>>>>> install their copy of MS Office natively, with the same ease as
>>>>>>>>> in Windows. Can you do that?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Linux is great as a server, but it's too raw and clunky as a
>>>>>>>>> desktop. But hey, it has some nice screensavers! :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Great as a toy...not so great as a business/work tool. The
>>>>>>>>> majority of people that I know through work and personal life,
>>>>>>>>> do not want OpenOffice or other such applications. They want to
>>>>>>>>> use their Works or Office software.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> JW
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You need to hang out with a different crowd, one that thinks.
>>>>>>>> You haven't been following anything because Ubuntu works out of
>>>>>>>> the box and needs no terminal work to get it or keep it going.
>>>>>>>> Ubuntu has come along way since I first installed it in 06. For
>>>>>>>> example, you can now change the grub order with a GUI. NTFS
>>>>>>>> drives are automagically recognized. Linux friendly printers
>>>>>>>> install with three clicks, scanners as well. Plug the web cam in
>>>>>>>> and out pops Cheese. No software on a CD required.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What can be done with Ubuntu:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Email
>>>>>>>> Surf the web
>>>>>>>> Burn CDs.
>>>>>>>> Rip CDs.
>>>>>>>> Listen to music.
>>>>>>>> Watch vidoes/DVDs.
>>>>>>>> Scan and print.
>>>>>>>> Spreadsheets.
>>>>>>>> Presentations
>>>>>>>> Newsgroups.
>>>>>>>> HTML editing.
>>>>>>>> Games like Chess, Tetris, all kinds of solitaire, etc.
>>>>>>>> Make videos.
>>>>>>>> Download photos from a camera and organize them.
>>>>>>>> Translations.
>>>>>>>> Use a dictionary
>>>>>>>> Learn how to touch type.
>>>>>>>> Edit images.
>>>>>>>> Send and receive a fax.
>>>>>>>> Take screenshots.
>>>>>>>> Create .PDF files.
>>>>>>>> Create and use a data base.
>>>>>>>> Instant messaging with over 10 different programs in one
>>>>>>>> including Windows Live Messenger.
>>>>>>>> IRC.
>>>>>>>> Bluetooth.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and much more!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What you can't do with Ubuntu:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Worry about:
>>>>>>>> WPA and WGA raising their ugly heads,
>>>>>>>> DRM,
>>>>>>>> Viruses,
>>>>>>>> Root kits,
>>>>>>>> Spyware,
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> Malware.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for proving (once again) that you are a lying linux troll!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, Frank, you're the one that never helps anyone...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Liar!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fraid not, Frankie. You're the liar here. You never help anyone. All
>>>> you do all day long is lie, insult, use profanity, make up weird
>>>> sexual stories about people and bluster.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> and cannot post
>>>>>
>>>>>> without including some unfounded insults, lies, profanity and
>>>>>> bluster.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> More of your lies. You're sick in the head! Get lost troll. Stop
>>>>> lying troll.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not lying and you know it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes you are. You are a liar. You are a spamming linux troll.
>>> Stop lying and trolling. Get lost. You have no business here.[/color]
>>
>>
>> Your say so means nothing. I do belong here. You don't.
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> You just proved how really sick in your head you really are. You don't
> use Vista. You hate MS/Vista and you are a lying linux troll.
> You hate me exposing you for what you are...a lying linux troll.
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>> Alias[/color][/color]

I don't hate you Frank. I have a man crush on you.