At least, if the Synaptic package manager in Ubuntu 8.04 is any guide... 8)
At least, if the Synaptic package manager in Ubuntu 8.04 is any guide... 8)
@morbiuswilters said:
Because it's a lame Slashdot meme.
Ah - thank you. I wouldn't know that, since I don't hang out there. I saw it years ago, somewhere else, and it stuck in my head. There's a reason why assumption always starts with an ass.
This is off-topic and boring.
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
@bnt said:
I've somehow started a pissing contest.Not really, you have pretty much proven yourself too stupid for most of us to even care about.
Yet you keep responding to a thread I started? Irony doesn't begin to cover it. I bet you're seeing the low post count and thinking "n00b".
@morbiuswilters said:
You're the douchebag who said "M$", not Aaron. Unless you were doing it ironically, you are a moron and will be relentlessly flamed for your moronic ramblings.
So, why does saying M$ make me a douchebag? In English, please.
@Aaron said:
@bnt said:
I have a more personal, non-technical reason why I say M$ for Microsoft, and not MS.Yes, we know - because you're a tool.
Go back to /.
Oh, Bravo, Sir!
That faint "whoosh!" that you heard, just as you hit "Post", was the sound a clue makes, as it shoots past miles above your head.
Jeepers... I go out for a couple of hours, and return to find I've somehow started a pissing contest. What was that about /. ?
Dunno if that last comment was aimed at me... anyway, I have a more personal, non-technical reason why I say M$ for Microsoft, and not MS.
I've had GW going under Wine before, but it's an old machine (almost 4y now), and the performance was well down. If I'm still playing GW in a couple of years, we'll see - rest assured that I am on the case. As for M$ Office, well, I don't mind actually mind using it. XP and M$ Office were "paid for" long ago i.e. M$ aren't getting any more of my money.
@tgape said:
Fortunately, Ubuntu is not the only desktop linux solution, and synaptic is not the only Ubuntu package manager.
To be fair, this is the first time I've seen anything odd in Synaptic in several years. Behind it, the occasional broken package that gets fixed quickly.
I've generally found Ubuntu good enough: this installation is on a 6-y.o laptop, and I've switched it between standard Ubuntu (Gnome), Kubuntu (KDE), and Xubuntu (Xfce), which is the lightweight window manager for really old systems. It's back to a pretty standard setup now - and all the experimentation occurred without any OS reinstalls, no unplanned downtime, no lost data. About the only reason I have to use my Windows box now are a couple of applications (Guild Wars!) and MS Office (which I have to use for compatibility reasons with other users).
Well, I hope it's a bit quicker, because the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx will be assuming control in 2112...
At least, if the Synaptic package manager in Ubuntu 8.04 is any guide... 8)
I see someone beat me to what I was going to say. We had nothing to do with development of our company's disk imaging product - different division, different continent. We used it, just as e.g. a Microsoft support person would use IE in their job without being an expert on Firefox. Keeping track of everything made by all our competitors would be impossible - it was a massive multinational company.