[clug-talk] System upgrades amd the like

2014-02-20 Thread Mel Walters
Linux. Debian (Stable) For the intense hobbyist only? Here is just a question: How much truth is in the statement 'Installing and maintaining modern Linux is a non issue for the potential user now. Lets move on.'? My recent experience was in helping a friend fix his upgrades after his GUI upgrad

Re: [clug-talk] System upgrades amd the like

2014-02-20 Thread Terrell Larson
The last time I upgraded was quite a while ago - from Debian woody to Sarge. This upgrade was a DISASTER. So much for promises. (I think there is a song about that) A process when it is shutting down much call wait() and this is when system resouces are released. Until wait() is called the pro

Re: [clug-talk] System upgrades amd the like

2014-02-20 Thread Gustin Johnson
I have not had the experiences of either of you except when I have cluttered up my install with 3rd party and/or self built packages. I have found Debian to be a little more fragile in this regard. Having said that, I have both Ubuntu and Debian installs that have gone through several updates with

[clug-talk] AGM

2014-02-20 Thread Mel Walters
Monthly Meeting plus Annual General Meeting March 5th See you there? Mel Details: http://clug.ca ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php)

Re: [clug-talk] System upgrades amd the like

2014-02-20 Thread Shawn
One other factor in this discussion is not if Linux is easy enough to install or not, but if the user has the tech know-how and understandings to actually use the systems as they are intended. Stick a standard Windows user in front of a terminal shell, and you'll see much frustration and possi

Re: [clug-talk] AGM

2014-02-20 Thread Zander Robertson
I believe I have a window for this one babysitters and everything. On 20 Feb 2014 22:34, "Mel Walters" wrote: > Monthly Meeting plus > Annual General Meeting March 5th > > See you there? > > Mel > > Details: > http://clug.ca > > > ___ > clug-talk mailin