[OT]Re: PPC Firefox/Thunderbird 1.0 builds

[justinw.5607516 at bloglines.com]

uhoh... here we go again..

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<yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:
Having spent the entire
evening attempting to install Ubuntu and being
> left with a text installer
that eventually dumped me to a command line
> with no working root user and
no XFree86, I can safely say that YDL is
> pretty much the only choice on
PPC, particularly for non-experienced
> users - I've got numerous years using
UNIX systems behind me. How and
> why Eric assumes that Ubuntu is a better
distro I'll never know.
> 
> Cian
> 
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:54:21 -0500,
Jurvis LaSalle <lasalle at bard.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > On Jan 18, 2005, at 2:28
PM, a monkey wrote:
> > 
> > > "that distro that shall remain nameless"?

> > 
> > The list members and moderators have asked Mr. Dunbar to stop
> > recommending the Ubuntu distro every time a YDL user asks for help.  He

> > would frequently recommend switching to Ubuntu for any problem a user

> > had on YDL that he hadn't had on Ubuntu.  It wore the patience of the

> > list a little thin as it wasn't a very constructive suggestion.  We all

> > recognize that ydl 4.0 was a bit buggy upon release.  Ubuntu was
> >
probably more polished and easier for n00bs to use, but his suggestions
>
> were not furthering the raison d'�tre of this list- to help users use

> > and improve *YDL*.  I hope that clarifies the nameless distro for you

> > and we can all go back to improving the distro whose list we've
> >
subscribed to.
> > 
> > Jurvis LaSalle
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