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   Laszlo Lebrun wrote:   
   > On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:58:28 -0600, God Bless Texas wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:16:14 +0100, Michel Firholz wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Do do you really think that Apple were where they are now, if   
   >>> they have had this philosophy?   
   >>   
   >> Well, I'm seriously hoping Ubuntu will push Linux well past the   
   >> 5% market share that Apple ("the computer for the rest of y'all")   
   >> has had for, like, ever.   
   >   
   > So do I. Ubuntu will succeed, because it has an intuitive approach,   
   > whereas most of the sleuths and regulars still preach the opposite.   
   >    
   >> And please don't confuse "Ubuntu noob" with "Linux noob" or   
   >> "computer noob".   
   >>   
   >> There are those of us who were very comfortable typing CLI   
   >> commands into an OS/2 console (the original version), who have   
   >> been programming PCs since whenever (charter subscriber to   
   >> Creative Computing), and who have built numerous Linux boxes, as   
   >> well as Windows, who are still new to Ubuntu.   
   >   
   > Full ack... they have to learn too!   
      
   One ugly thing about the Ubuntu distribution is the lack of proper   
   info pages.  The man pages are generally too short and refer to the   
   info pages, which are missing.  In addition man pages are not   
   hyperlinked.   
      
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