Actually, it was never intended to be a "challenge", I thought that my experience might have been a contribution.
Clearly it isn't seen that way. Some "community" this is...sigh... On 8 Nov, 17:04, Andre Mangan <andreman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Come now folks, this is becoming very much like an evangelistic Sunday night > meeting where every one has to stand up (after being challenged) to declare > their allegiance to the one true god who is Ubuntu Linux (as most > intelligent people would know). > > I agree with you that Ubuntu is absolutely fan-bloody-tastic but ... would > someone, please, get out the mosquito lotion or the Glen 20 (that is > supposed to kill microbes) to dispatch this irritant who is having fun > stirring up the Ubuntu-au community. > > "Boy, am I going to be popular ;-)" > > Andre > > 2009/11/8 Andrew Swinn <and...@swinn.id.au> > > > On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 15:04 +1000, Lisa Milne wrote: > > > On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 20:13 -0800, Microbe wrote: > > > > Maybe that's it. > > > > > I can now see why someone described this whole process as dependency > > > > hell. > > > > > It is a frustrating tail chasing exercise. > > > > > Bye Bye Linux. > > > > > I'll be back when you are ready. > > > > I tend to think it is more a case of you'll be back when _you_ are > > > ready. At present you're trying to drive a car as though it were a > > > motorbike, and blaming the car. > > > This prompted me the think about the whole Linux IS NOT Windows thing. > > > Seehttp://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm > > > Expecting Linux to behave the same is not correct and it should be said > > that there is still a need for awareness and what expectations you > > should be setting for your experience/needs. > > > That document above to be a very good one to point out for anyone > > looking for some clarification on this issue and some assistance on what > > you should expect. > > > I also wanted to point out a personal success with Ubuntu 9.10. I have > > this old IBM workstation that has always frustrated me because it > > wouldn't work with my 1440x900 monitor resolution. Only ever displayed > > the 4:3 ratio resolutions (ie 1024x768) and never looked right on a > > widescreen. Loaded 9.10 on it yesterday and lo and behold it is > > displaying 1440x900 from the get go. A big box full of win for me. > > (Note: your experiences will vary greatly, as will be the same in the > > Windows world too). > > > Regards, > > > Andrew Swinn > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com > >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
