Bobbie <bobbie4R3MOV3TH1S@xxxxxxx> writes:
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:54:33 +0200, Hadron Quark wrote:
>
>> Bobbie <bobbie4R3MOV3TH1S@xxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:28:01 +0000, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> | As I was flying about ten thousand miles east on my birthday and had to
>>>>> | put my watch forward denying me seven hours of it, I decided to buy
>>>>> | myself a present: a new laptop. As on this new toy I had no intention of
>>>>> | ever running any Microsoft software, I asked for one without their
>>>>> | operating system and for them not to charge me for it. They asked me
>>>>> | what I was going to install, and I said "Ubuntu GNU/Linux". Then came
>>>>> | the surprise: they supplied me with an off-the-shelf laptop with
>>>>> | GNU/Linux preinstalled.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1752
>>>>
>>>> You "conveniently" forgot the next couple sentences:
>>>>
>>>> "The distribution was Linpus, an eastern made one I believe, it was quite
>>>> old and X was not installed and was not very useful. My suspicions are that
>>>> they stock these laptops so they can supply to customers who install
>>>> pirated versions of MS-Windows rather than expecting people will use
>>>> GNU/Linux itself."
>>>>
>>>> ROFLMAO!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Windows: worth stealing
>>>> Linux: pssst! Wipe it and install Windows.
>>>>
>>>> (btw, your selective quoting as per above is an example of why I have you
>>>> plonked. Just now I'm using Knode 0.9.2 (full of bugs) on Slackware so I
>>>> see your psychotic mound of NEWS posts. Why are half of them about
>>>> Microsoft?)
>>>
>>> Oh for fucks sake DooFuS.
>>> Both you and your live in pool boy Flattie seem to have omitted this part
>>> of the very paragraph that you quoted from: "My suspicions are that they
>>> stock these laptops so they can supply to customers who install pirated
>>> versions of MS-Windows rather than expecting people will use GNU/Linux
>>> itself. Never the less, it was nice to see Linux pre-installed on a
>>> computer from a high street shop. I later installed Ubuntu Dapper Drake
>>> and it works fine (except for the internal modem, which I am sorting
>>> out)."
>>
>> LOL : yeah you're right : one of the best "install experiences" in Linux
>> distro land cant even recognise a built in modem. So much for "works for
>> me" eh?
>>
>> You know what that means? It means no web access, no help, basically a
>> pile of useless junk.
>>
>> Amd *that* is what puts people off constantly.
>
> Modem, what's a modem?
> Oh wait, that's right, Modems are so 70's.
But Bobbles, isnt Linux supposed to be so "old hw" friendly?
Shifting sands again.
> Most of use are up to Ethernet now. And if his laptop has a PCMCIA port he
> would be able to use a real modem instead of the internal WinModem crap
> that his laptop probably has.
Of right. He has the "wrong hardware".
Figures.
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