Posted by: Jeremy Akers
on November 12, 2005 11:13 PM
1) Most people's lives do not revolve around computers. Get over yourself, go get a life, and stop bashing people for not taking the time to learn cryptic UNIX commands when all they want to do is browse the web, check their email, and type up some documents. 2)<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... Who cares? I fail to see how they are non-free, since the software they distribute is GPL, it has to be free. It's also free in the sense of cost. I was able to go to their site and download the distro at no cost to me. 3) The entire idea of you posting on here is just to show what an elite hacker you are? Or just to be an asshole to those people who actually have lives outside of their computer? There is nothing wrong with using a GUI over the command line for casual users. 4) What do you gain from this? You're not even really promoting any sort of agenda, you're just being a complete ass. Casual users shouldn't need to read half a dozen different books at 1000+ pages each just to be able to browse the internet, check email and type up documents. There is nothing wrong with a video that quickly shows you where similiar features from MS Office exist in OpenOffice to decrease training time.
There are people trying to improve life for others by making the learning curve easier. And then there are assholes like you that think because you have nothing better to do in your spare time than read crap like 'Knoppix Hacks', that you are somehow superior to everyone else and that everyone else should have to learn it the way you did.
If you don't like it, don't buy it. But don't cut down other people for wanting to learn just the basics.
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Re:just plain *stupid*
Posted by: Jeremy Akers on November 12, 2005 11:13 PM2)<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... Who cares? I fail to see how they are non-free, since the software they distribute is GPL, it has to be free. It's also free in the sense of cost. I was able to go to their site and download the distro at no cost to me.
3) The entire idea of you posting on here is just to show what an elite hacker you are? Or just to be an asshole to those people who actually have lives outside of their computer? There is nothing wrong with using a GUI over the command line for casual users.
4) What do you gain from this? You're not even really promoting any sort of agenda, you're just being a complete ass. Casual users shouldn't need to read half a dozen different books at 1000+ pages each just to be able to browse the internet, check email and type up documents. There is nothing wrong with a video that quickly shows you where similiar features from MS Office exist in OpenOffice to decrease training time.
There are people trying to improve life for others by making the learning curve easier. And then there are assholes like you that think because you have nothing better to do in your spare time than read crap like 'Knoppix Hacks', that you are somehow superior to everyone else and that everyone else should have to learn it the way you did.
If you don't like it, don't buy it. But don't cut down other people for wanting to learn just the basics.
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