Distro flamewar (was: Re: [CS-FSLUG] Linux success story)

[Aaron Patrick Lehmann]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 06:02:36PM -0400, David McGlone wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 April 2004 04:10 pm, Aaron Patrick Lehmann wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 04:02:20PM -0400, David McGlone wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 20 April 2004 03:45 pm, Jukka Y wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 20 April 2004 22:07, N. Thompson wrote:
> > > > > @ndrew wrote:
> > > > > >>linux allows this to happen without disturbing a
> > > > > >>user sitting the machine, so we used a desktop
> > > > > >>Linux PC at a site with fast internet connection.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >It's always good to see Linux being applied to solve problems,
> > > > > > rather than start "my OS is better than your OS" arguments. ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Which reminds me, when was the last time we had a good distro
> > > > > flamewar? Right now I don't know what distro to vote for, I'll have
> > > > > to decide after I find a distro I like but I'm about to try slackware
> > > > > so hopefully there won't be a long wait :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway just to get things started, Mandrake's no good any more ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Hi !
> > > >
> > > > I have a Windows 98 SE. It is free (it came with the computer) and I
> > > > guess it is "opensource" too (I can open it every time I turn the power
> > > > on...). It has all software I need and it has worked well for over 5
> > > > years now. I would recommend it to anyone.
> > > >
> > > > btw - what is "flame-war"? - can download it somewhere?
> > >
> > > Are you serious?
> >
> > I think this is glorious dry sarcasm, Dave.
> 
> He he he, and mine wasn't? :-)
I thought maybe you thought there was a language barrier on the loose.

Aaron Lehmann
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