Why Linux will not displace Windows

npap · Post by **npap** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:08 am

RedJak ,
All is fine but the code is a little too complicated for newbies to follow.

Post by **clem** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:42 am


clem@pluto:# cat recurse; recurse
recurse

npap · Post by **npap** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:02 pm

Cussing and re-cussing will never drive any spirits away. Sorp with his stingers might.

Sorensei · Post by **Sorensei** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:55 pm

npap, you just gave me the recipe for driving spirits away, remember?

More garlic.

Now, just to be on the safe side, we might suggest Scorp to have some too...

npap · Post by **npap** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:55 am

LINUX IS A THINKING MAN'S OS!
A SMART LADY'S CHOICE!
Interactive, exciting, and versatile.

npap · Post by **npap** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:52 pm

scorp123 · Post by **scorp123** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:16 am

npap wrote:There couldn't be anything more recursive than this one:
NAMMO =NIPSON ANOMIMATA MI MONAN OPSIN Ιt can be read backwards! (The original: ΝΙΨΟΝΑΝΟΜΙΜΑΤΑΜΙΜΟΝΑΝΟΨΙΝ)

And the relation to Linux Mint is ... ?

NAMMO < > MINT ???

npap · Post by **npap** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:40 am

Good morning Scorp,
It's just another peculiar, recursive anagram. But NAMMO means: Linux is not NAMMO: Not Another Mysterious, Mad OS

BTW, I have Personalized Google and I have, among other topics, the Google Note Book. I found the following message which I didn't put there. How could it have been written there.

By Whom? Could somebody have access to my desktop?

Message:
Articles By Clement Lefebvre in Linux Forums

http://www.linuxforums.org/bio/author/Clement+Lefebvre/

kenetics · Post by **kenetics** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:35 am

Hey, that fellow seems to know what he's talking about. He was spot on in his review of OpenSUSE. Do you suppose, with a little prodding, he would do a review of Mint??

npap · Post by **npap** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:51 am

A good idea Ken,
But I'm afraid he would be partial.

A review on one's own work might be a little hard to do.

kenetics · Post by **kenetics** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:53 pm

Ya think so??? Maybe he could use a nom de plume such as Clem Martini or Clem Kadiddlehopper. (see, I know a little fFrench).

npap · Post by **npap** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:07 pm

Poetic License gives you the opportunity to look less subjective.
All writers use a pseudonym (see, I know some Greek too

)
Kadiddlehopper is a very good American name.

kenetics · Post by **kenetics** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:32 pm

Clem Kadiddlehopper.

And Martini is a good Canadian name.

Monumental Intelligent Notable Technology

npap · Post by **npap** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:54 pm

Oh boy, that's Red Skelton. Isn't he? How about Jackie Gleason?

Mint Is Non- Terrestrial

scorp123 · Post by **scorp123** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:12 am

kenetics wrote:Hey, that fellow seems to know what he's talking about. He was spot on in his review of OpenSUSE.

I disagree. OpenSUSE 10.2 isn't bad at all (10.1 was horrible BS though). I won't go into too many details here, but SUSE 10.2 is one of the finest distros available right now. It would be nice for Mint if we had some of SUSE's features, e.g. "Yast". Or the desktop polish that SUSE comes with out of the box.

kenetics · Post by **kenetics** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:57 am

scorp123 wrote:
kenetics wrote:Hey, that fellow seems to know what he's talking about. He was spot on in his review of OpenSUSE.
I disagree. OpenSUSE 10.2 isn't bad at all (10.1 was horrible BS though). I won't go into too many details here, but SUSE 10.2 is one of the finest distros available right now. It would be nice for Mint if we had some of SUSE's features, e.g. "Yast". Or the desktop polish that SUSE comes with out of the box.

I think Clem liked everything but the package manager. It's one of the distros I have on my computer and it's very professional. I had my share of problems with Yast. It took a number of tries before I could even connect to the repositories and update. Everything seems a bit slow, but with a faster computer it would probably be ok. I can see why experienced Linux users would like it.

scorp123 · Post by **scorp123** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:07 pm

kenetics wrote:I think Clem liked everything but the package manager.

Well ... you have to know how to set it up properly. And using alternative + complimentary package managers such as "smart" or even "apt" (= apt4rpm) is not that hard. However I agree that things such as "smart" should come pre-configured and ready-to-be-used out of the box ... but unfortunately they aren't. But as I said ... it's not that hard.

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