I will not surrender!
Yeah, OK, I will. Just wanted to wave my flag from my soapbox.
I'm still smiling.
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Philip Newborough <
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> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Bruce Beardall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You're right, Philip, the real
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Bruce Beardall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You're right, Philip, the real issues were actually few in number but my
> real objection is the way Linux is portrayed in articles such as this by the
> BBC. It seems to me the BBC are more concerned with looking cool in
You're right, Philip, the real issues were actually few in number but my
real objection is the way Linux is portrayed in articles such as this by the
BBC. It seems to me the BBC are more concerned with looking cool in
presenting it's insightful articles investigating such "official" entities
as Mic
Disregarding any debatable elements of the article, I think it was a
_fairly_ positive review from an obvious Linux novice. Do not get me
wrong, I am all for supporting Ubuntu and Linux, however; let's face
it, it isn't perfect, and articles such as this go a long way to
providing insight into wher
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> This article also does similar misrepresentation. Paragraph 5 of the
> 'Text based' section.
>
> "It's probably worth mentioning one other important point about Linux
> here. It's a text-based operating system, which means
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 09:00 +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
> It actually annoys me when people misrepresent the situation so -
> installing from a terminal only happens in exceptional circumstances
> these days.
>
> The BBC seem to like doing this - if you recall on Click a few months
> ago they had a
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> I did empathise with his line about knowledge being a barrier to entry,
> hopefully that will be addressed naturally over time as the product matures.
Obviously, before I'm jumped on, I forgot the whole argument about
Microso
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Sean Miller wrote:
> It actually annoys me when people misrepresent the situation so -
> installing from a terminal only happens in exceptional circumstances
> these days.
The BBC shouldn't be advocates, but should sit on the fence. Examples
like thi
It actually annoys me when people misrepresent the situation so -
installing from a terminal only happens in exceptional circumstances
these days.
The BBC seem to like doing this - if you recall on Click a few months
ago they had a piece on Ubuntu where they had a black screen with
scrolling text
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 08:21 +0100, Philip Newborough wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Stephen O'Neill
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> > Sorry for the spam, I should contemplate before clicking 'send'.
> >
>
> What spam? Not everyone logs into IRC so I wouldn't worry. Personally,
> I found t
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Stephen O'Neill
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> Sorry for the spam, I should contemplate before clicking 'send'.
>
What spam? Not everyone logs into IRC so I wouldn't worry. Personally,
I found the article an interesting read. Thanks for posting the link
:)
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On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 07:23 +0100, Stephen O'Neill wrote:
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> Stephen O'Neill
Yeah, this one has been done over a bit in #ubuntu-uk on IRC. :-)
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Stephen O'Neill wrote:
> I should have included contentious excerpts for those with things to do.
Sorry for the spam, I should contemplate before clicking 'send'.
A point that I agree with the author on is:
"But I'm completely stumped by the instru
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> (sorry if this has already been posted)
I should have included contentious excerpts for those with things to do.
"Ubuntu's own website isn't much help either. It suggest
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