Re: Beautiful

[Jim <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Monday 15 May 2006 15:24 \__
>
>
> > Bittorrent is such a sweet way to get a distro.
> >
> > Set the torrent to work at 1am last night, should be read for me when I
> > return home from work today.   5 CD's worth of Suse 10.1 -- heaven!
>
>
> Borrow to a friend once you're done. *smile* Or legally make several copies
> for future installation of packages. Experience shows that rapid
> availability of Linux 'off the shelf' encourages people to give Linux that
> chance which gets them hooked for life. Not many are willing to download and
> burn ISO's just for a quick trial of an O/S which they were taught "is only
> for servers" and "just command line". Help them prove themselves wrong.
>
> Couldn't resist making a comment... *smile*

nice one, too, Roy. I find that saying to people "Here, have this copy, 
I have several duplicates" is easier on the ol' head than 
"dubya-dubya-dubya-dot-whatever-dot-org-slash...", and furthers the 
whole community spirit thing. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

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