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   Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:19:38 GMT   
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   * Hadron wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   > BlackTopBum  writes:   
      
   [...]   
      
   >> The GUI-only guy, based on what you've accurately written, is forced   
   >> to do what MS users must, namely slavishly obey the re-install   
   >> treadmill, as they are victims of deliberate ignorance - both by   
   >> their will and MS.   
      
   > This is, of course, bullshit.   
      
   Then why do you back it up below?   
      
   > There are plenty of users of Linux who, too, only use GUI and are as   
   > likely to do the "reinstall treadmill" when X shags over. What "MS"   
   > has to do with someone having to reinstall Ubuntu is beyond me.   
      
   Which is what he said, GUI only users of Linux use the treadmill rather   
   than the commandline.   
      
   [...]   
      
   > Most "gui only people" never shag up X or anything like that because   
   > they spend most of their time doing real work using a word processor   
   > or somesuch.   
      
   Nonsence with no cite to back it up, IOW, this is YOUR opinion.   
      
   > Their systems never need reinstalling.   
      
   Talk about total BS...   
      
   > Most screw ups I   
   > have made have come from following erroneous advice from people using   
   > sudo in the command shell. Its hard to screw up windows or Linux from   
   > the GUI.   
      
   Oh, but using erroneous advice in the GUI never fowls things up? You are   
   quite mad.   
      
   [...]   
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