Re: Thanks for Debian (was: Re: thanks)

2005-11-01 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Hello, For me it was not a matter of Debian at all in the beginning. I just wanted to use anything smelling GNU in it... actually Red Hat would do. This was the time when I bought my 1st PC. So I just decided to do a search on Google, 'best gnu/linux distro' or something similar, and Debian was all

Re: Thanks for Debian (was: Re: thanks)

2005-10-28 Thread Brendon Lloyd Higgins
Rogério Brito wrote (Sunday 23 October 2005 5:07 am): > Well, I'm also feeling guilty after your message of not thanking the > developers. I do know how it is pleasing to receive kind words for a > project you maintain to be recognized and useful for some people. The BTS needs to be accompanied by

Re: Thanks for Debian (was: Re: thanks)

2005-10-22 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 05:07:55PM -0200, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > The Debian Project is the target of a lot of criticism, but the fact > that it remains live, with many others taking Debian as a foundation > (and some of these dying), while Debian just progresses is an indication > that something go

Re: Thanks for Debian (was: Re: thanks)

2005-10-22 Thread Martin McCormick
I will definitely second all this praise. I began using Linux in early 2000 and I chose Debian because it, at the time, was more security conscious than some of the other distributions. I work in the Network Operations group of the IT department at Oklahoma State University so one needs t