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Zonk
on from the new-hat-for-you-sir? dept.
gmaestro writes "Fedora Core 4 Test 2 is up on the servers. New features in Fedora Core 4 test 2 include GNOME 2.10, KDE 3.4, as well as a preview of GCC 4.0 and support for the PowerPC architecture. Use a mirror or torrent and help with testing!"
Re:Leave your Gentoo advocacy in another thread
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tomstdenis
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Quick my car is out of gas, call triple-A!...
My fridge is out of food... call the national guard!...
Why is it so hard to accept that at some point you're best served by not being a total ignorant little shit.
If you want to use a computer you're not doing yourself a favour by thumbing your nose at anything remotely challenging [that definition varies]. At some point something will fuck up. Instead of just making do you could actually fix it.
Granted there are limits to this logic. If your cpu blows up I wouldn't say the "average joe" should know how to make a new cpu from parts... Heck even installing the cpu may be much (they are expensive and can be broken fairly easily...).
But think about it in the car sense. If you know how to change fluids or say replace a wiper you can save yourself the hassle of finding time to get a mechanic and paying them, etc...
So is knowing how to install a windshield wiper too "high and mighty" or just "common sense"?
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Quick my car is out of gas, call triple-A! ...
... call the national guard! ...
My fridge is out of food
Why is it so hard to accept that at some point you're best served by not being a total ignorant little shit.
If you want to use a computer you're not doing yourself a favour by thumbing your nose at anything remotely challenging [that definition varies]. At some point something will fuck up. Instead of just making do you could actually fix it.
Granted there are limits to this logic. If your cpu blows up I wouldn't say the "average joe" should know how to make a new cpu from parts... Heck even installing the cpu may be much (they are expensive and can be broken fairly easily...).
But think about it in the car sense. If you know how to change fluids or say replace a wiper you can save yourself the hassle of finding time to get a mechanic and paying them, etc...
So is knowing how to install a windshield wiper too "high and mighty" or just "common sense"?
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.