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Article #10Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux
From: Peter
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 06:24
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 06:24
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In article <pan.2003.11.11.04.22.48.866871@hotmail.com>, clarkphotography@hotmail.com says... > > So where do I get it?? :-) > > > Well what I reccommend, at least if you really like KDE, is to download > their "live eval" CD from one of their mirrors. Then if you like it you can > install it for free via FTP or you can buy the disks. That's how they get > people to pay - no ISO's so reinstalling can be a pain. I downloaded the > installation tree to a spare hard drive which I used for the install, then > removed and set aside (it was an old 10 GB drive anyway, too small for > anything else). Anyway, they support both Gnome and KDE, but the Live Eval > CD only has KDE - it's like Knoppix in that you run the OS from the CD. > I've been a Gnome person but the new KDE has me using it more these days... I think you lost him about five words in. This bloke isn't terribly sophisticated.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1055b9,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid1055b9,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,a391555474ffb62e X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: 1154bf,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid1154bf,public X-Google-Thread: fe2cf,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gidfe2cf,public X-Google-Thread: 107b38,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid107b38,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-10 22:26:06 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Peter <hard.up@the.time> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.redhat,alt.linux.redhat,aus.computers.linux Subject: Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux Message-ID: <MPG.1a1b2c08e32d8eeb98a523@news-server.bigpond.net.au> References: <pan.2003.11.05.04.09.23.808776@hotmail.com> <17532361.tm2asPQNcB@gregs-web-hosting-and-pickle-farming> <pan.2003.11.05.05.36.24.671893@comcast.net> <1461459.XJWvGJHOOx@gregs-web-hosting-and-pickle-farming> <2ba4b4eb.0311050926.1b97d0f6@posting.google.com> <4sbqb.307821$6C4.4444@pd7tw1no> <pan.2003.11.05.19.21.17.290477@jhu.edu> <imdqb.309929$6C4.23945@pd7tw1no> <pan.2003.11.05.22.14.37.777739@jhu.edu> <bog3lm$d63$9@au-nws-0001.flow.com.au> <JsVrb.42$It.1259@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au> <3FB02B16.14A94EF8@hotmail.com> <W9Xrb.65$It.2289@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au> <pan.2003.11.11.04.22.48.866871@hotmail.com> X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.60 Lines: 17 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 06:24:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.51.30.108 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1068531853 203.51.30.108 (Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:24:13 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:24:13 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services