It is fascinating being part of the SLUG discussions (just to remind folk that I am a very green Linux user, trying to wrench myself away from Windows) and I am slowly learning more, but there are constantly obstacles which I find frustrating and off-putting, mostly in the form of Linux jargon and assumed knowledge of computer technology.<br>
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<br>The advantage of Windows, as mentioned in another recent posting, is its adaptability to many different computers and hardware attachments, you just install it and it works with just about everything. I am not trying to demean Linux, but in my limited experience, it is a lot harder creating a computer system with Linux than it is with Windows.<br>
<br>An example of something I don't understand at all!!<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>"Surely any distribution with network based package management and a cron daemon running?<br>
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Though whether that is a sensible strategy or not I will leave as an exercise for the reader..."<br></div>Geoffrey could you elaborate please?<br><br>Steve Redshaw<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/9 Geoffrey Teale <<a href="mailto:tealeg@member.fsf.org" target="_blank">tealeg@member.fsf.org</a>>:<div>
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On Jul 9, 2008, at 5:00 PM, Colin King wrote:<br>
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And which distro(s) are these?<br>
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Just curious<br>
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Surely any distribution with network based package management and a cron daemon running?<br>
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Though whether that is a sensible strategy or not I will leave as an exercise for the reader...<br><font color="#888888">
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Geoffrey Teale<br>
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