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Re: very sad.... No more....
A great endorsement of Linux. "If you want to have a computer system that's
easy to use, choose Apple or M$."
Eddie Torres wrote:
> Good post Jason. Maybe if people attempted to learn linux then they could
> bitch about it. If they don't want to learn then they need to go back to
> apple or windows because they definitely don't belong using linux.
>
> Eddie Torres
> www.veloct.net
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Collison" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 8:12 AM
> Subject: Re: very sad.... No more....
>
> > What is really strange is that the feature they want, I seem to have. I'm
> > running gnome, and I have a Libranet Adminmenu icon on my desktop (it came
> > with the installation) and if I click it, it asks me for the root
> > password, I put it in, and then I'm in adminmenu. Is this not what you
> > wanted??
> >
> > Also, I have used mandrakes 'Drakeconf' before, and I'm really not that
> > impressed with it. I think libranet does a much better job with
> > xadminmenu. First, xadminmenu lets you compile and install a kernell with
> > out all the fuss and muss. Want a new kernel in mandrake? Unless you want
> > to go the old fashion way (which is perfectly legit mind you...I just love
> > home much simple xadminmenu is for making changes to your config) you will
> > have to install two rpms on your system (and say your prayers while
> > installing them...mandrake marks them as important upgrades, but also
> > warns you that you are better off compiling your kernel and that you can
> > really mess things up this way). Second, xadminmenu gives you Desktop
> > properties that let you do nice things like change your default window
> > manager (drake 7.2 was a real pain in the ass if you wanted to go to
> > something other than KDE. 8.0 was a little better, but not as easy as
> > libranet...note this applies to non gdm/kdm running people).
> >
> > If you really want to try mandrake, go for it. I believe that they do good
> > job of spreading linux. But my guess is that once you try it, you will
> > find yourself missing libranet...missing apt....missing xdminmenu...and
> > will end up right back where you started.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Roger Micone wrote:
> >
> > > Why are you hestitant to learn Linux. You obviously have the
> intelligence to switch to using a great OS, not only Debian/GNU linux, but
> Libranet, so why do you stop there... dive right in! I see so many posts
> about complaints and the directions of Libranet. Give me a break! Unless
> you are sifting through code right now trying to contribute to the
> development of the os itself, sit back, and enjoy what the Linux community
> and Libranet coders have set in front of you. Yes you paid your $20 for the
> cd but this is not M$. I may be rambling a bit but this was a fairly long
> thread and it made me irk in my chair reading it. Needless to say I make
> myself irk in my chair all too often but... well... I guess. This mailing
> list is intended to facilitate the learning of the Libranet distro, not to
> start flame wars on what ticky tack feature you would like. Shit... There
> are so many features in Linux I know I will probably never get to explore
> all of them. But a solid foundation and understanding of the Unix o
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 11:13:24AM -0600, Cyberclops wrote:
> > > > That's what I'm afraid of. Mandrake is going to beat everyone to the
> gun on the ease
> > > > of issue. I would try it, but I'm still suffering burnout form 7.2
> and besides I like
> > > > Libranet.
> > > >
> > > > Alexander Skwar wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > So sprach Cyberclops am Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 09:51:14AM -0600:
> > > > > > how to set it up. What I'm thinking is that it would really be
> nice if Libranet
> > > > > > could figure out a way to build "sudo" into the "Adminmenu." In
> such a way that
> > > > >
> > > > > The way it is in Mandrake, if you, as a normal user, click on some
> kind of
> > > > > admin tool, a dialog pops up asking you for the root password.
> That's very
> > > > > nice. No need to login as root.
> > > > >
> > > > > Alexander Skwar
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