Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Friday 29 June 2007 15:53 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Oldtech spake thusly:
>>
>>> Get linux. 315 FREE at http://livecdlist.com
>>>
>>> What is amazing is that there are included up to 1900 programs:
>>> games, applications, suites!
>>
>> It's way more than that:
>>
>> ~]$ cat allpackages.en.txt | head -n 6
>> All Debian Packages in "stable"
>>
>> Last Modified: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:00:12 +0000
>> Copyright (C) 1997-2005 SPI;
>> See <URL:http://www.debian.org/license> for the license terms.
>>
>> ~]$ expr $(cat allpackages.en.txt | wc -l) - 6
>> 20133
>
> A long way to go before Debian catches up with Micorosft, which boasts
> 114,000 'packages' that are remotely installable. No need for intervention
> even, it's like telepathy. No repos either. They are dynamic, depending on
> where the botnet takes you...
>
Ahh, almost poetry ;-) Windows, for the virus-ready people.
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