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Linonut <linonut RemoveThis @bellsouth.net> writes:

> After takin' a swig o' grog, DFS belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> another 5 distro releases on www.distrowatch.com
>>
>> May 2, 2007
>>
>> Distribution Release: Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.0
>> Development Release: Absolute Linux 11.1 Beta 2
>> Distribution Release: Litrix Linux 7.4
>> Development Release: Elive 0.6.8 (Unstable)
>> Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5
>>
>> 732 distros tracked or on the waiting list!
>
> Thank you very much for this helpful service, DFS.
>
> You're a great Linux advocate.
>
>> All this choice hurts my head...
>
> I'll bet you're a pain-in-the-ass at restaurants.

I doubt it since all GOOD restaurants have very, very limited selection menus. But
what is on those menus is top quality fodder.

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> be prepared for the first contact?

We have full klingon console support just in case
-- Alan Cox on linux-kernel

Hadron Quark wrote:

> Linonut <linonut.TakeThisOut@bellsouth.net> writes:
>
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, DFS belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> another 5 distro releases on www.distrowatch.com
>>>
>>> May 2, 2007
>>>
>>> Distribution Release: Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.0
>>> Development Release: Absolute Linux 11.1 Beta 2
>>> Distribution Release: Litrix Linux 7.4
>>> Development Release: Elive 0.6.8 (Unstable)
>>> Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5
>>>
>>> 732 distros tracked or on the waiting list!
>>
>> Thank you very much for this helpful service, DFS.
>>
>> You're a great Linux advocate.
>>
>>> All this choice hurts my head...
>>
>> I'll bet you're a pain-in-the-ass at restaurants.
>
> I doubt it since all GOOD restaurants have very, very limited selection
> menus. But what is on those menus is top quality fodder.
>
You obviously don't eat in some of the Chinese restaraunts I like.

Cheers.


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ray <ray RemoveThis @zianet.com> writes:

> On Fri, 04 May 2007 00:43:05 -0500, DFS wrote:
>
>> another 5 distro releases on www.distrowatch.com
>>
>> May 2, 2007
>>
>> Distribution Release: Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.0
>> Development Release: Absolute Linux 11.1 Beta 2
>> Distribution Release: Litrix Linux 7.4
>> Development Release: Elive 0.6.8 (Unstable)
>> Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5
>>
>> 732 distros tracked or on the waiting list!
>>
>> All this choice hurts my head...
>
> 1) please note that two of the above are betas
>
> 2) you don't need to try all 732
>

No, but many people wont know how to correctly choose from them and
might pick the one that is "off" as in "stinky".

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On Fri, 04 May 2007 17:32:57 +0200, Hadron Quark wrote:

> ray <ray.DeleteThis@zianet.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 04 May 2007 00:43:05 -0500, DFS wrote:
>>
>>> another 5 distro releases on www.distrowatch.com
>>>
>>> May 2, 2007
>>>
>>> Distribution Release: Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.0
>>> Development Release: Absolute Linux 11.1 Beta 2
>>> Distribution Release: Litrix Linux 7.4
>>> Development Release: Elive 0.6.8 (Unstable)
>>> Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5
>>>
>>> 732 distros tracked or on the waiting list!
>>>
>>> All this choice hurts my head...
>>
>> 1) please note that two of the above are betas
>>
>> 2) you don't need to try all 732
>>
>
> No, but many people wont know how to correctly choose from them and
> might pick the one that is "off" as in "stinky".

Possible, but not very likely, if they use a grain or two of common-sense.
Something marked 'Unstable', for instance, might suggest that a new users
should steer clear till they have a little experience under their belts.
Or are all newbies presumed to be stupid?

A sensible person asks someone knowledgeable, or reads some
Linux magazines, or buys a book with a Live CD attached.

--
Kier

On Fri, 04 May 2007 17:32:57 +0200, Hadron Quark
<hadronquark DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:

>ray <ray DeleteThis @zianet.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 04 May 2007 00:43:05 -0500, DFS wrote:
>>
>>> another 5 distro releases on www.distrowatch.com
>>>
>>> May 2, 2007
>>>
>>> Distribution Release: Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.0
>>> Development Release: Absolute Linux 11.1 Beta 2
>>> Distribution Release: Litrix Linux 7.4
>>> Development Release: Elive 0.6.8 (Unstable)
>>> Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5
>>>
>>> 732 distros tracked or on the waiting list!
>>>
>>> All this choice hurts my head...
>>
>> 1) please note that two of the above are betas
>>
>> 2) you don't need to try all 732
>>
>
>No, but many people wont know how to correctly choose from them and
>might pick the one that is "off" as in "stinky".

That's what these sites are for:
http://distrowatch.com/
http://www.linuxactionshow.com/
http://radio.linuxquestions.org/linux/lq-podcasts/
http://ubuntuforums.org/
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/

People can read and listen and figure things out a bit.

John Locke <johnlocke98513 DeleteThis @comcast.net> writes:

> On Fri, 04 May 2007 17:32:57 +0200, Hadron Quark
> <hadronquark DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>ray <ray DeleteThis @zianet.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, 04 May 2007 00:43:05 -0500, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> another 5 distro releases on www.distrowatch.com
>>>>
>>>> May 2, 2007
>>>>
>>>> Distribution Release: Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.0
>>>> Development Release: Absolute Linux 11.1 Beta 2
>>>> Distribution Release: Litrix Linux 7.4
>>>> Development Release: Elive 0.6.8 (Unstable)
>>>> Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5
>>>>
>>>> 732 distros tracked or on the waiting list!
>>>>
>>>> All this choice hurts my head...
>>>
>>> 1) please note that two of the above are betas
>>>
>>> 2) you don't need to try all 732
>>>
>>
>>No, but many people wont know how to correctly choose from them and
>>might pick the one that is "off" as in "stinky".
>
> That's what these sites are for:
> http://distrowatch.com/
> http://www.linuxactionshow.com/
> http://radio.linuxquestions.org/linux/lq-podcasts/
> http://ubuntuforums.org/
> http://newsvac.newsforge.com/
>
> People can read and listen and figure things out a bit.
>

I'm already confused. You want me to read all that?

--
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On Fri, 04 May 2007 21:15:55 +0200, Hadron Quark
<hadronquark DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:

>John Locke <johnlocke98513 DeleteThis @comcast.net> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 04 May 2007 17:32:57 +0200, Hadron Quark
>> <hadronquark DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>ray <ray DeleteThis @zianet.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 04 May 2007 00:43:05 -0500, DFS wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> another 5 distro releases on www.distrowatch.com
>>>>>
>>>>> May 2, 2007
>>>>>
>>>>> Distribution Release: Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.0
>>>>> Development Release: Absolute Linux 11.1 Beta 2
>>>>> Distribution Release: Litrix Linux 7.4
>>>>> Development Release: Elive 0.6.8 (Unstable)
>>>>> Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5
>>>>>
>>>>> 732 distros tracked or on the waiting list!
>>>>>
>>>>> All this choice hurts my head...
>>>>
>>>> 1) please note that two of the above are betas
>>>>
>>>> 2) you don't need to try all 732
>>>>
>>>
>>>No, but many people wont know how to correctly choose from them and
>>>might pick the one that is "off" as in "stinky".
>>
>> That's what these sites are for:
>> http://distrowatch.com/
>> http://www.linuxactionshow.com/
>> http://radio.linuxquestions.org/linux/lq-podcasts/
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/
>> http://newsvac.newsforge.com/
>>
>> People can read and listen and figure things out a bit.
>>
>
>I'm already confused. You want me to read all that?
Go take your lithium tablets and then visit the above sites.
You will be enlightened.

John Locke <johnlocke98513.RemoveThis@comcast.net> writes:

> On Fri, 04 May 2007 21:15:55 +0200, Hadron Quark
> <hadronquark.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>John Locke <johnlocke98513.RemoveThis@comcast.net> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, 04 May 2007 17:32:57 +0200, Hadron Quark
>>> <hadronquark.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>ray <ray.RemoveThis@zianet.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 04 May 2007 00:43:05 -0500, DFS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> another 5 distro releases on www.distrowatch.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> May 2, 2007
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Distribution Release: Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.0
>>>>>> Development Release: Absolute Linux 11.1 Beta 2
>>>>>> Distribution Release: Litrix Linux 7.4
>>>>>> Development Release: Elive 0.6.8 (Unstable)
>>>>>> Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 732 distros tracked or on the waiting list!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All this choice hurts my head...
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) please note that two of the above are betas
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) you don't need to try all 732
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No, but many people wont know how to correctly choose from them and
>>>>might pick the one that is "off" as in "stinky".
>>>
>>> That's what these sites are for:
>>> http://distrowatch.com/
>>> http://www.linuxactionshow.com/
>>> http://radio.linuxquestions.org/linux/lq-podcasts/
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/
>>> http://newsvac.newsforge.com/
>>>
>>> People can read and listen and figure things out a bit.
>>>
>>
>>I'm already confused. You want me to read all that?
> Go take your lithium tablets and then visit the above sites.
> You will be enlightened.
>

I dont need to. I have my chosen distro working very nicely thank
you. And I picked the winner.

--
The first is to ensure your partner understands that nature has root
privileges - nature doesn't have to make sense.
-- Telsa Gwynne

On Fri, 04 May 2007 22:07:42 +0200, Hadron Quark wrote:

> I dont need to. I have my chosen distro working very nicely thank
> you. And I picked the winner.

Not 'the' winner. 'A' winner. Or are you suggesting that only Ubuntu is
any good?

--
Kier

chrisv wrote:
>>On Fri, 04 May 2007 00:43:05 -0500, DFS wrote:
>>
>>>All this choice hurts my head...
>
>
> Hopefully, it's a tumor.
>

But it is! Now who was it who said "Linux is like a cancer..."

Cheers,
WS

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