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   99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid to All   
   Re: My ubuntu experience   
   19 Jan 07 20:59:58   
   
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   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
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   * CBFalconer wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   > 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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