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   From: Chris Game    
   Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:48:11 +0000   
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   On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:51:34 +0100, Goeroeboeroe wrote:   
      
   > I'm afraid you really did something wrong in that case. Some things on   
   > Ubuntu are difficult, but installing software is really easy, much   
   > easier than it is on Windows. That's to say: if you do it out of the   
   > repositories of Ubuntu. If you're 'not so experienced', it's kind of   
   > strange to install things outside of Ubuntu's repositories, especially   
   > when it's no deb-package.   
      
   This only covers limited set of software though. Trying to install such a   
   basic program as Pine - which must be ages old - means one has to compile   
   from source to get a decent working binary with all the features. There   
   are simply not the equivalent programs available either, try to find   
   something that does the job of Cardfile (which came out with Windows   
   3.something I think).   
      
   Ubuntu is a good proof of concept, it just doesn't meet the needs of home   
   desktop users. Even the documentation sucks, can't anyone write a decent   
   man page these days?   
      
   --    
   Chris Game   
      
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