Posts by CAPS LOCK

Im not a farmer or an American, so please...

...explain why American farmers continue to buy John Deere equipment.

There seems to be a simple lesson here...

If you sign with Oracle you regret it later.

Badger, badger, badger...

...I think you mean this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI

Expert witness?

Expert witnesses for the prosecution know exactly what is required. If they don't 'come up with the goods' they don't get hired again. Defense lawyers frequently fall down on the job of finding counter experts. Don't ask me how I know!

FOSS software stands or falls by its community...

I looked on the EndlessOS forums and found they are quiet and a number of questions go unsolved. A beginner friendly OS needs more effort going into solving new user problems. Failing that users will be put off Linux in general: "Oh, I tried Linux but it doesn't work".

Weel then, the lucky people of Schleswig-Holstein can look forward to...

...a Microsoft local headquarters appearing. Lucky them.

Every single time someone mentions tape...

... I have PTSD flashbacks of the whining of Qic40/80 tapes. Slow, noisy and unreliable. They put me off tape in all form forever.

I used Publisher for years until...

... I moved to Linux. Publisher wouldn't run under the then current version of Wine. I had to recreate a few things, mainly using LibreOffice Draw. I found, back then, that Zamzar could convert .pub files so I used that to extract the text.

Dear Liam,

When you review a distro, also give a little attention to the community, especially the forum. FOSS software lives and dies by it's self help community. Are questions actually being answered? Are the answers of the form 'Read the man page newb' or genuine help. I know from my experience that the forums at Mint (forums.linuxmint.com) are exemplary. The same ins't true elsewhere (I'm looking at you FreeBSD).

Yes, well this is all very nice and so on, BUT...

...in my humble and possibly not very well informed opinion, distro reviews should include some perusal of the community. Forum? 'Yes' or 'No' but also 'Questions actually being answered? Friendly community or 'RTFM' community (for examples of each see forums.linuxmint.com and forums.freebsd.org ). One of the key strengths of FOSS is community support.

I'm against this, but wait...

...before you punish me with down votes, let me explain. All this is doing is legitimising RHEL as some sort of perfect, un-corruptable standard. This actually helps Blue Hat, both by enhancing the reputation of RHEL as some sort of perfect product AND training people to use RHEL. All this effort should, in my view, go into development of an equivalent product, outside the control of predatory corporations. Right, that's it, feel free to put the boot in.

Eurostile bold extended...

... for future-proofing...

I'm a long term Mint user and I'm not worried...

... I've come to trust Clem's decision making. I tip my head wear to the Mint team. Also the community. The forum is an invaluable resource where no question is too stupid to get a measured and helpful response. I'd like to name-check Altair 4 for his/her tireless effort to sort out peoples difficulties getting Samba sorted out.

Microsoft Linux?

..so Microsux then?

Mint Xfce user here. Just a shout out to the fantastic community at...

...https://forums.linuxmint.com/index.php

Really, the community is an integral part of any Linux distro and the Mint community is super helpful however stupid your question. Compare this with the community at, for example FreeBSD, the difference is chalk and cheese.

Cross platform!

... Most Impressive..</Vader>

Look, it's simple, if you have to ask, then the answer is...

... Mint.

Find an old system. no bridges are to be burned, and install Mint Xfce. Then join the forum at https://forums.linuxmint.com/index.php. It's an invaluable resource.

For system level backup and restore check out Foxclone...

... much easier to use that Clonezilla...

Xenix!

I still have the beautifully made three ring manuals. Including the one for SCO Foxbase+.

Irony level...

...infinity...

You were so preoccupied with whether you could you didn't stop to think whether you...

...should..