Re: Get the "world's most usable Linux" working in only a week! Take that Microsoft!

[Moshe Goldfarb.]

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:24:02 -0400, DFS wrote:

> Welcome to openSUSE.org...Our goal is to create and distribute the world's
> most usable Linux.
> http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
>
>
> "My new Toshiba A200 (PSAF1A) works beautifully after a week of hard work
> getting opensuse 10.3 to work."
> http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=63815

Only a week?

Some people spend MONTHS trying to get Linux to work properly...

Others never get Linux working and dump it. This is the most frequent
outcome of trying Linux.

It's a good thing Linux is free, but you know how that goes:

Linux is free only if your time has no value.

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[Rick]

Re: Get the "world's most usable Linux" working in only a week!Take that Microsoft!

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:59:49 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:24:02 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> Welcome to openSUSE.org...Our goal is to create and distribute the
>> world's most usable Linux.
>> http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
>>
>>
>> "My new Toshiba A200 (PSAF1A) works beautifully after a week of hard
>> work getting opensuse 10.3 to work."
>> http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=63815
>
> Only a week?
>
> Some people spend MONTHS trying to get Linux to work properly...
>
> Others never get Linux working and dump it. This is the most frequent
> outcome of trying Linux.

... at least that's what you hope.

>
> It's a good thing Linux is free, but you know how that goes:
>
> Linux is free only if your time has no value.

Another piece of dishonest FUD from flatfarb.


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[Moshe Goldfarb.]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:44:20 -0500, Rick wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:59:49 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:24:02 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>
>>> Welcome to openSUSE.org...Our goal is to create and distribute the
>>> world's most usable Linux.
>>> http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
>>>
>>>
>>> "My new Toshiba A200 (PSAF1A) works beautifully after a week of hard
>>> work getting opensuse 10.3 to work."
>>> http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=63815
>>
>> Only a week?
>>
>> Some people spend MONTHS trying to get Linux to work properly...
>>
>> Others never get Linux working and dump it. This is the most frequent
>> outcome of trying Linux.
>
> .. at least that's what you hope.

No..That's what I know....

http://neverendinginternet.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/it-only-took-a-month/

>>
>> It's a good thing Linux is free, but you know how that goes:
>>
>> Linux is free only if your time has no value.
>
> Another piece of dishonest FUD from flatfarb.

See above...
Now back to your viper pit Rick...


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[Rick]

Re: Get the "world's most usable Linux" working in only a week!Take that Microsoft!

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:54:33 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:44:20 -0500, Rick wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:59:49 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:24:02 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Welcome to openSUSE.org...Our goal is to create and distribute the
>>>> world's most usable Linux.
>>>> http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "My new Toshiba A200 (PSAF1A) works beautifully after a week of hard
>>>> work getting opensuse 10.3 to work."
>>>> http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=63815
>>>
>>> Only a week?
>>>
>>> Some people spend MONTHS trying to get Linux to work properly...
>>>
>>> Others never get Linux working and dump it. This is the most frequent
>>> outcome of trying Linux.
>>
>> .. at least that's what you hope.
>
> No..That's what I know....
>
> http://neverendinginternet.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/it-only-took-a-
month/

Where is the dumping part? And how is that the "most frequent" outcome?

>
>
>>> It's a good thing Linux is free, but you know how that goes:
>>>
>>> Linux is free only if your time has no value.
>>
>> Another piece of dishonest FUD from flatfarb.
>
> See above...
> Now back to your viper pit Rick...


Another piece of dishonest FUD from flatfarb.


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[JEDIDIAH]

On 2008-07-22, Rick <none@nomail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:59:49 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:24:02 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>
>>> Welcome to openSUSE.org...Our goal is to create and distribute the
>>> world's most usable Linux.
>>> http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
>>>
>>>
>>> "My new Toshiba A200 (PSAF1A) works beautifully after a week of hard
>>> work getting opensuse 10.3 to work."
>>> http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=63815
>>
>> Only a week?
>>
>> Some people spend MONTHS trying to get Linux to work properly...

If they have some sort of hardware support issue then it's either
a matter of it working or not. "months" simply don't factor into it.

[deletia]

It either works right away and automagically in a manner far far
more robust and easy than Windows or it doesn't work at all.

It has always been this way.

Fortunately, you could always try Linux for free.

These days, you can just use a LiveCD and check things out
from there. You don't even have to disturb your running system.

Trying Linux is cost free and risk free. So you don't have to
second guess about your particular hardware or pay attention to
any part of the peanut gallery.

You can make up your own mind...

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[Moshe Goldfarb.]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:02:18 -0500, Rick wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:54:33 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:44:20 -0500, Rick wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:59:49 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:24:02 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Welcome to openSUSE.org...Our goal is to create and distribute the
>>>>> world's most usable Linux.
>>>>> http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "My new Toshiba A200 (PSAF1A) works beautifully after a week of hard
>>>>> work getting opensuse 10.3 to work."
>>>>> http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=63815
>>>>
>>>> Only a week?
>>>>
>>>> Some people spend MONTHS trying to get Linux to work properly...
>>>>
>>>> Others never get Linux working and dump it. This is the most frequent
>>>> outcome of trying Linux.
>>>
>>> .. at least that's what you hope.
>>
>> No..That's what I know....
>>
>> http://neverendinginternet.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/it-only-took-a-
> month/
>
> Where is the dumping part? And how is that the "most frequent" outcome?

Look at the usual press when a new Linux distribution gets released...
Stuff like : 8million downloads in 2 weeks etc....
Same for OpenOffice.

And that very well may be true.

However, now look at the statistics for people who are actually USING
desktop Linux.

If those very same downloads were being used for any length of time, Linux
would have buried Microsoft by now.

it hasn't....

People try Linux.
People dump Linux very quickly.
It happens all the time.

Use your head for a change Rick..


>>
>>
>>>> It's a good thing Linux is free, but you know how that goes:
>>>>
>>>> Linux is free only if your time has no value.
>>>
>>> Another piece of dishonest FUD from flatfarb.
>>
>> See above...
>> Now back to your viper pit Rick...
>
>
> Another piece of dishonest FUD from flatfarb.

I just proved you wrong on all counts Rick, but you'll come back with some
asinine reply that makes no sense or extends the goal posts which is why I
rarely reply to your tripe much anymore.


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[Ben]

Re: Get the "world's most usable Linux" working in only a week!Take that Microsoft!

JEDIDIAH wrote:
> On 2008-07-22, Rick <none@nomail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:59:49 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:24:02 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Welcome to openSUSE.org...Our goal is to create and distribute the
>>>> world's most usable Linux.
>>>> http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "My new Toshiba A200 (PSAF1A) works beautifully after a week of hard
>>>> work getting opensuse 10.3 to work."
>>>> http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=63815
>>> Only a week?
>>>
>>> Some people spend MONTHS trying to get Linux to work properly...
>
> If they have some sort of hardware support issue then it's either
> a matter of it working or not. "months" simply don't factor into it.
>
> [deletia]
>
> It either works right away and automagically in a manner far far
> more robust and easy than Windows or it doesn't work at all.
>
> It has always been this way.
>
> Fortunately, you could always try Linux for free.
>
> These days, you can just use a LiveCD and check things out
> from there. You don't even have to disturb your running system.
>
> Trying Linux is cost free and risk free. So you don't have to
> second guess about your particular hardware or pay attention to
> any part of the peanut gallery.
>
> You can make up your own mind...
>

I've never really seen a live CD as a fair trial. My only use of them so
far has been to play chess while installing the OS from the live CD.

They're slow, don't have full functionality, and leave the person
thinking that's what the full product might be like if they know
absolutely nothing about Linux.

Live CDs as a trial as pretty much the same thing as giving someone last
week's leftovers as a try before you buy. at a Deli or something.

 

[HeyBub]

Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>
> Look at the usual press when a new Linux distribution gets released...
> Stuff like : 8million downloads in 2 weeks etc....
> Same for OpenOffice.
>
> And that very well may be true.
>
> However, now look at the statistics for people who are actually USING
> desktop Linux.
>
> If those very same downloads were being used for any length of time,
> Linux would have buried Microsoft by now.

Well, no. If 8 million folks are using Linux, out of 1 billion desktop
installation, that's about right.

By some estimates, there are about 8 million truely insane people on the
globe. There is some disagreement about the overlap between these two
groups.

 

[Moshe Goldfarb.]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:11:03 -0500, HeyBub wrote:

> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>
>> Look at the usual press when a new Linux distribution gets released...
>> Stuff like : 8million downloads in 2 weeks etc....
>> Same for OpenOffice.
>>
>> And that very well may be true.
>>
>> However, now look at the statistics for people who are actually USING
>> desktop Linux.
>>
>> If those very same downloads were being used for any length of time,
>> Linux would have buried Microsoft by now.
>
> Well, no. If 8 million folks are using Linux, out of 1 billion desktop
> installation, that's about right.
>
> By some estimates, there are about 8 million truely insane people on the
> globe. There is some disagreement about the overlap between these two
> groups.

The 8 million was figurtively speaking for ONE release and a short period
of time.

Add them all together, IOW the reported downloads by ALL the distributions
releasing press about their latest creation.

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[Linonut]

* HeyBub peremptorily fired off this memo:

> Well, no. If 8 million folks are using Linux, out of 1 billion desktop
> installation, that's about right.
>
> By some estimates, there are about 8 million truely insane people on the
> globe. There is some disagreement about the overlap between these two
> groups.

Idiot.

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[Linonut]

* Ben peremptorily fired off this memo:

> I've never really seen a live CD as a fair trial. My only use of them so
> far has been to play chess while installing the OS from the live CD.
>
> They're slow, don't have full functionality, and leave the person
> thinking that's what the full product might be like if they know
> absolutely nothing about Linux.
>
> Live CDs as a trial as pretty much the same thing as giving someone last
> week's leftovers as a try before you buy. at a Deli or something.

I've noticed you're kind of a down-in-the-mouth guy about things Linux.

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[Robin T Cox]

Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:

> Linux is free only if your time has no value.

On the contrary.

If your time has no value, you spend it trolling Linux newsgroups on Usenet.

Unless, of course, you are *paid* by a sponsor who is so *frightened by the
threat of Linux* that it makes it worth his while to protect himself by
paying you to troll.

That's the fact of the matter.
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[Moshe Goldfarb.]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:12:49 -0400, Linonut wrote:

> * Ben peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> I've never really seen a live CD as a fair trial. My only use of them so
>> far has been to play chess while installing the OS from the live CD.
>>
>> They're slow, don't have full functionality, and leave the person
>> thinking that's what the full product might be like if they know
>> absolutely nothing about Linux.
>>
>> Live CDs as a trial as pretty much the same thing as giving someone last
>> week's leftovers as a try before you buy. at a Deli or something.
>
> I've noticed you're kind of a down-in-the-mouth guy about things Linux.

Translation:

You don't have your tinfoil suit on and have your antenna's tuned to the
Roy Schestowitz station.

Maybe Roy Schestowitz will offer Ben the same deal he has apparently
offered you Linonut?


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[Moshe Goldfarb.]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:36:54 +0200, Hadron wrote:

> "Moshe Goldfarb." <brick_n_straw@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:12:49 -0400, Linonut wrote:
>>
>>> * Ben peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>
>>>> I've never really seen a live CD as a fair trial. My only use of them so
>>>> far has been to play chess while installing the OS from the live CD.
>>>>
>>>> They're slow, don't have full functionality, and leave the person
>>>> thinking that's what the full product might be like if they know
>>>> absolutely nothing about Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Live CDs as a trial as pretty much the same thing as giving someone last
>>>> week's leftovers as a try before you buy. at a Deli or something.
>>>
>>> I've noticed you're kind of a down-in-the-mouth guy about things Linux.
>>
>> Translation:
>>
>> You don't have your tinfoil suit on and have your antenna's tuned to the
>> Roy Schestowitz station.
>>
>> Maybe Roy Schestowitz will offer Ben the same deal he has apparently
>> offered you Linonut?
>
> I call it the "Schestowitz shilling" where "shilling" has a double
> meaning. Quite clever I think *brag*.

Good one!!
Very creative in fact!

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[The Ghost In The Machine]

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb.
<brick_n_straw@gmail.com>
wrote
on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:49:48 -0400
<1tts9auingks3.196e4gp24tbjc$.dlg@40tude.net>:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:36:54 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>
>> "Moshe Goldfarb." <brick_n_straw@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:12:49 -0400, Linonut wrote:
>>>
>>>> * Ben peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>>
>>>>> I've never really seen a live CD as a fair trial. My only use of them so
>>>>> far has been to play chess while installing the OS from the live CD.
>>>>>
>>>>> They're slow, don't have full functionality, and leave the person
>>>>> thinking that's what the full product might be like if they know
>>>>> absolutely nothing about Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> Live CDs as a trial as pretty much the same thing as giving someone last
>>>>> week's leftovers as a try before you buy. at a Deli or something.
>>>>
>>>> I've noticed you're kind of a down-in-the-mouth guy about things Linux.
>>>
>>> Translation:
>>>
>>> You don't have your tinfoil suit on and have your antenna's tuned to the
>>> Roy Schestowitz station.
>>>
>>> Maybe Roy Schestowitz will offer Ben the same deal he has apparently
>>> offered you Linonut?
>>
>> I call it the "Schestowitz shilling" where "shilling" has a double
>> meaning. Quite clever I think *brag*.
>
> Good one!!
> Very creative in fact!
>

Mmmm....the Simon Bar Sinister approach. Are we all supposed to have
hats with blinking lights on, too?

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[skydweller]

Re: Get the "world's most usable Linux" working in only a week!Take that Microsoft!

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:36:54 +0200, Hadron wrote:

> "Moshe Goldfarb." <brick_n_straw@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:12:49 -0400, Linonut wrote:
>>
>>> * Ben peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>
>>>> I've never really seen a live CD as a fair trial. My only use of them
>>>> so far has been to play chess while installing the OS from the live
>>>> CD.
>>>>
>>>> They're slow, don't have full functionality, and leave the person
>>>> thinking that's what the full product might be like if they know
>>>> absolutely nothing about Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Live CDs as a trial as pretty much the same thing as giving someone
>>>> last week's leftovers as a try before you buy. at a Deli or
>>>> something.
>>>
>>> I've noticed you're kind of a down-in-the-mouth guy about things
>>> Linux.
>>
>> Translation:
>>
>> You don't have your tinfoil suit on and have your antenna's tuned to
>> the Roy Schestowitz station.
>>
>> Maybe Roy Schestowitz will offer Ben the same deal he has apparently
>> offered you Linonut?
>
> I call it the "Schestowitz shilling" where "shilling" has a double
> meaning. Quite clever I think *brag*.

There are six flavors of quark of these, you might be any of down,
strange, or bottom. Whichever it may be, the meaning is obvious. No
cleverness required.



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[A J Hawke]

Re: Get the "world's most usable Linux" working in only a week!Take that Microsoft!

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:59:49 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:

> Linux is free only if your time has no value.

Then it's just what you need!

 

[The Ghost In The Machine]

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, skydweller
<peorgie@commiemartyrs.net>
wrote
on 22 Jul 2008 18:17:09 GMT
<48862425$0$5023$607ed4bc@cv.net>:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:36:54 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>
>> "Moshe Goldfarb." <brick_n_straw@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:12:49 -0400, Linonut wrote:
>>>
>>>> * Ben peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>>
>>>>> I've never really seen a live CD as a fair trial. My only use of them
>>>>> so far has been to play chess while installing the OS from the live
>>>>> CD.
>>>>>
>>>>> They're slow, don't have full functionality, and leave the person
>>>>> thinking that's what the full product might be like if they know
>>>>> absolutely nothing about Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> Live CDs as a trial as pretty much the same thing as giving someone
>>>>> last week's leftovers as a try before you buy. at a Deli or
>>>>> something.
>>>>
>>>> I've noticed you're kind of a down-in-the-mouth guy about things
>>>> Linux.
>>>
>>> Translation:
>>>
>>> You don't have your tinfoil suit on and have your antenna's tuned to
>>> the Roy Schestowitz station.
>>>
>>> Maybe Roy Schestowitz will offer Ben the same deal he has apparently
>>> offered you Linonut?
>>
>> I call it the "Schestowitz shilling" where "shilling" has a double
>> meaning. Quite clever I think *brag*.
>
> There are six flavors of quark of these, you might be any of down,
> strange, or bottom. Whichever it may be, the meaning is obvious. No
> cleverness required.
>

I dunno I think Hadron's a little more massive than a
subatomic particle.

(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark)

Generation Weak Flavor Name Symbol Charge Mass
Isospin (e) (MeV/c^2)
1 +1/2 I_z=+1/2 Up u +2/3 1.5 – 4.0
1 -1/2 I_z=-1/2 Down d -1/3 4 – 8
2 +1/2 C=1 Charm c +2/3 1150 – 1350
2 -1/2 S=-1 Strange s -1/3 80 – 130
3 +1/2 T=1 Top t +2/3 170900 +/- 1800
3 -1/2 B'=-1 Bottom b -1/3 4100 – 4400

For purposes of comparison 1 kg = about 5.60959 * 10^29 MeV/c^2,
which is far more than even the OhMyGod particle, which was
apparently about 3 * 10^14 MeV -- or 51 joules, about the
same energy as a thrown baseball.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-energy_cosmic_ray

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[caver1]

Re: Get the "world's most usable Linux" working in only a week!Take that Microsoft!

skydweller wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:36:54 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>
>> "Moshe Goldfarb." <brick_n_straw@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:12:49 -0400, Linonut wrote:
>>>
>>>> * Ben peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>>
>>>>> I've never really seen a live CD as a fair trial. My only use of them
>>>>> so far has been to play chess while installing the OS from the live
>>>>> CD.
>>>>>
>>>>> They're slow, don't have full functionality, and leave the person
>>>>> thinking that's what the full product might be like if they know
>>>>> absolutely nothing about Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> Live CDs as a trial as pretty much the same thing as giving someone
>>>>> last week's leftovers as a try before you buy. at a Deli or
>>>>> something.
>>>> I've noticed you're kind of a down-in-the-mouth guy about things
>>>> Linux.
>>> Translation:
>>>
>>> You don't have your tinfoil suit on and have your antenna's tuned to
>>> the Roy Schestowitz station.
>>>
>>> Maybe Roy Schestowitz will offer Ben the same deal he has apparently
>>> offered you Linonut?
>> I call it the "Schestowitz shilling" where "shilling" has a double
>> meaning. Quite clever I think *brag*.
>
> There are six flavors of quark of these, you might be any of down,
> strange, or bottom. Whichever it may be, the meaning is obvious. No
> cleverness required.
>
>
>


He's not any of those. There is also the Hadron Collider. The collider
fits better.
caver1

 

[Andy Jacobs]

Re: Get the "world's most usable Linux" working in only a week!Take that Microsoft!

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:11:30 -0400, Linonut wrote:

> * HeyBub peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Well, no. If 8 million folks are using Linux, out of 1 billion desktop
>> installation, that's about right.
>>
>> By some estimates, there are about 8 million truely insane people on
>> the globe. There is some disagreement about the overlap between these
>> two groups.
>
> Idiot.

I think he meant that as a compliment. I certainly took it as one.

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