[RndTbl] Debian woes: Clueless newb? Or enemy action? You decide!

Tim Lavoie tim at fractaldragon.net
Thu Nov 6 23:30:44 CST 2003


>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Balneaves <sbalneav at legalaid.mb.ca> writes:

 [ snippage, signs of success... ]

    Scott> Now, my only other goal is to wean myself off of pine (I
    Scott> know, my bad, not really free, etc) and learn mutt...

Mutt is OK, and it is small. Now if you're looking for power, Gnus
rocks. Bow to the Emacsen!


    Scott> I'll be up in The Pas on Tuesday, so I won't be at the next
    Scott> MUUG meeting.

    Scott> Thanks to both Shawn and Tim for answering my questions.
    Scott> Personally, I'm beginning to think that changing distros
    Scott> once every couple of years is a good thing for your ego.
    Scott> It's nice to be reminded that, no matter how much you think
    Scott> you know about GNU/Linux, there's always something more to
    Scott> learn.

That's true. I find there are lots who know more than me, and are
willing to share. Keeps me humble, that does.  :)


    Scott> That is, at the very core of it, why we all run
    Scott> GNU/Linux/OpenBSD/FreeBSD, etc instead of Windows, isn't
    Scott> it?  Because it's interesting, challenging, and always
    Scott> evolving.

Yah, that and the chicks. Oh, OK, I *am* kidding, but we all knew that...

-- 
A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation.




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