Subj : Ubuntu linux ? To : THURSTON ACKERMAN From : Russell Tiedt Date : Sat May 07 2005 07:59 pm Hello THURSTON. 01 May 05 23:55, you wrote to me: RT> TA>> after running this (Hoary Hedgehog) new kid on the block, RT> TA>> Ubuntu linux, on his laptop and desk top; and he doesn't RT> TA>> "think I've ever been such a happy Linux user". RT> TA>> This for a product from the Republic of South Africa, RT> TA>> and its free to use with use with 16,000 other free RT> TA>> utilities yet already yet. RT>> Hmmm, have yet to get hold of a copy yet, but it is built on Debian RT>> and a lo of folks like, another Linux distro from here abouts is RT>> IMPI, which I have n tried either. :-(( TA> My first attempt with Ubuntu has been less satisfactory than Knoppix; TA> so I am now trying my fingering with SimplyMEPIS that CA pointed me TA> to. So far its doing better than Ubuntu. TA> www.mrbass.org/linux/mepis TA> If you have an interest. (I am going to get a linux OS working again TA> or @#$%^&*()+ 8-) Some things work better for some folks than others ... RT>> And for the curious, UBUNTU = peoples and IMPI = army - go figure RT>> TA> Given that I sense the USA is at about the same dissipated point as TA> Great Britian was at the end of WWII; I hope Canada or Australia are TA> ready to take up the standard of world power (if we WASPs expect to TA> not be over run by others of the majority 8-(. Hopefully ... Russell --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5 * Origin: Rusty's BBS - Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (5:7105/1) .