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Thu, 09 Nov 2006

I've been stymied all day trying to get the simplest of mail configurations to work on this f***ing Linux piece of sh*t box!

I may have finally got it, but it's no wonder Novell offers "tech support with every box" - they need it! What took me 10 minutes to set up on my Mac took 9 hours on this system. It wasn't pretty...

On a more positive note, I got a call today from a job I'd applied to two weeks ago - as an advertising writer. They wanted somebody who was cynical and outspoken, the ad said, so I sent off a letter and a programmers resume. Got an interview out of it, anyway - we'll see. That would be a fun job, I think.

Now, it's time to take a break.

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On 11/9/2006 08:42:39
Arwin wrote

Try Ubuntu distro

I have been using Ubuntu for awhile now. You have to add drivers if you install it on an old machine (P3 I think)like the one I'm using to test drive Ubuntu. I'm not all that computer savy so this distro may work better for you. A guy I work with who is more savy about computers than I am tried Ubuntu and liked it. The Ubuntu wiki and forum are very helpful for solving the problems I've run into. The only problems I couldn't completely solve were using the printer connected to a Windoz box I'm sharing and setting up WPA. I gave up on the printer, but partially solved the WPA issue until I switched to WEP for other reasons. I haven't used any support other than the Wiki, forum, and a few other googled sites (free). If you use Ubuntu let me know how it works out for you.

On 11/9/2006 14:13:30
lwood wrote

Bah! It's Debian for the win! -- Lorrie

On 11/9/2006 15:46:04
Arwin wrote

Ubuntu based on Debian

I haven't tried Debian from Debian.org, but Ubuntu is supposed to be heavily based on Debian and included the Gnome desktop. Linspire is also based on Debian from the Wiki I read. I haven't tried Linspire, but I haven't heard anything complimentary.... so there must be a good bit of variability between Debian based distros. Lorrie could be right... go with the original, why accept substitutes. :-)

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