| From: | Matt Sealey |
| Date: | 4 Aug 2000 at 23:34:35 |
| Subject: | Re: Linux? Tell me more. |
Hello Jim
On 04-Aug-00, you wrote:
> Hello Matt
>
>> Like hell will it. They've been saying "two weeks" for ages.
>
> Check their webpages only just went into final testing, don't know
> where you heard the "two weeks" ages ago.
When they said "Debian is going into it's first test cycle which will
be finished in two weeks and the release will be after that [if all goes well]"
And then it went into test cycle "whoops we found some bugs!" two. Two
weeks!
And now it's gone into the 'final' test cycle. Watch it get delayed ;)
>> Besides, I can't get Debian to dial up U-Net properly, which sucks. If anyone
>> knows how to get the ppp thingy to work properly with a U-Net
>> account, PLEASE tell me. I just need to have apt download all the
>> stuff I need and then I'll be happy :)
>
> Got free internet access;-), you'll bloody need it.
No I don't have free internet access. I can afford to wait, and besides I
don't actually need much ;)
>>> Gnome is getting better all the time, even has sound support now.
>>
>> Umm.. why does a desktop need sound support? Shouldn't they fix all
>> the nasty crashy bugs and all thet first,
>
> Oh, the joys of open source, if you find a bug then fix it yourself.
> I've been using the latest version compiled for M68k and it hasn't
> crashed on my 'puter for a while.
The whole point of OpenSource is that there are 50 other people out
there to fix the bugs: I shouldn't have to do it, my job isn't to fix other
people's dumbass bugs and kernel panics.
>> before adding such options as silly clicky sounds.
>
> or silly music.
:)
> Gnome is getting there slowly but surely, stealing the gui from your
> fav computer can't be a bad idea.
I must admit, I've been working on a bit of a GUI "plan" for a while, and I
ditched most of it and said "see feature in GNOME" for a lot of it ;)
Thanks
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