Re: [Nolug] fedora core 4

s/right/wrong/ ... sorry :)
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:49:42 -0600, "Brett D. Estrade"
<estrabd@yahoo.com> said:
> save it...it is a multi OS world, and thinking that *nix/BSD will meet
> everyone's needs (real or percieved) is retarded. I am not saying you
> are right, but even if it is *that* easy, there are tons of other things
> that most users need that non-M$ boxes can't give. While I think this
> is BS as well, it is reality. I hate windows - I really do. I feel
> dumber everytime I use it, but it is something that most *need* to
> have....I can't believe you are making me justify M$'s existence..damn
> you!
>
> Brett
>
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:13:22 -0600, "Christopher M. Jones"
> <cjones@partialflow.com> said:
> > No offence, but I think you're nuts. Setting up a printer is as easy as
> > "add printer" in the KDE printer settings and only a little less easy in
> > Gnome. Pdf is much easier to handle in linux than in windows since
> > everything is already ps anyway, and the conversion is a snap. No
> > special printer drivers to install. Doc is a breeze with openoffice.
> > Much more convenient to fire up openoffice than to close out your gimp
> > and your GNUCash and mozilla with all the pages you've been saving to
> > look at later in the the week to reboot just so you can fix a spelling
> > error in word.
> >
> > On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 10:24, Brett D. Estrade wrote:
> > > I know it is possible, but it is so much less of a hassle. She
> > > cheerfully uses a laptop with FreeBSD, and will even surf the web when
> > > my pc is runnin FBSD, but her classes (UNO) all use pdf, doc, ppt, etc.
> > > Plus she needs to print shit all the time. I know all of this can be
> > > set up within *BSD/*nix, but it is a lot less of a hassle switching
> > > between system. I use FBSD for most things (web, programming, etc), but
> > > when I need to hammer out a paper and print stuff I boot up winbloze.
> > > One of these days, I am going to set up the printer, but I just don't
> > > have anytime; but to tell you the truth, I'd rather spend the time
> > > figuring out how to emulate win2k on bochs under freebsd :)
> > >
> > > Brett
> > >
> > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:33:42 -0500, "Mark A. Hershberger"
> > > <mah@everybody.org> said:
> > > > On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 08:39 -0600, Brett D. Estrade wrote:
> > > > >Alex, as noble and ideal as that may sound, it is also unrealistic. I
> > > > >have to dual boot, and I all I have is a girlfriend, 2 dogs and a cat!
> > > >
> > > > Setting up Linux for your GF isn't unrealistic unless there is some
> > > > must-have app that doesn't run under Linux.
> > > >
> > > > I've got Linux set up on three different systems in my house. My wife
> > > > and kids (ages 4,6,8) use it all the time.
> > > >
> > > > The only dual-boot machine is my laptop. And that is only for the VPN
> > > > client that I have to use sometimes.
> > > >
> > > > (BTW, I'm running Ubuntu Hoary: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/)
> > > >
> > > > Mark.
> > > >
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