Re: [Nolug] Ubuntu

From: brent saner <brent.saner_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 18:08:15 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=_x6DqqLdm6YcX2KCAmx9h3WKygRU9sBRHneXW@mail.gmail.com>

H3

sent from my nexus one.
On Oct 1, 2010 6:04 PM, "Mike Walker" <doublethrow@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let's adlib!
>
> Neal Stephensen said Linux is a tank, so Ubuntu is a
> _______________________.
>
> If you haven't read ITBWTCL, see:
> http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html
>
> --
> Mike Walker
> On Oct 1, 2010 5:56 PM, "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> I used to, but not anymore. Been too long.
>>
>> Still, the WPS could teach some lessons to GNOME, KDE & Xfce.
>>
>> On 10/01/2010 05:38 PM, Jonathan Roberts wrote:
>>> I still miss OS/2...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/01/2010 11:49 AM, B. Estrade wrote:
>>>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I think if Windows suddenly provided a (real) shell like interface
>>>>> with familiar tools, made this interface feel unix-y, and allowed for
>>>>> it to be run WITHOUTGUI=YES, then there would be a whole lot of
>>>>> closet converts out there. 99% of the recreational *nix users out
>>>>> there would instantly find it acceptible to use Windows again.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> OS/2 had that, back in the day.
>>>>
>>
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