[ubuntu-uk] Age and gender

[Jai Harrison]

Hey,

I've tried to convert girls before but the problem is they're focused
on things like Microsoft's "Windows Live Messenger" and social use of
their operating system. Whilst this can (and is) done with GNU/Linux
they don't have Windows Live Messenger. No, it does not run in Wine
(http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=127)
and even if it did it wouldn't likely support all of the MSN features
that they are acustomed to. I often try to convince those who won't
switch to Windows to at least use Pidgin but, as they put it, it
doesn't support handwriting or webcam features.

What we really need is a multiplatform messaging protocol + client to
cut into the Microsoft instant messaging market - the younger
generation of Microsoft Windows users.

2008/8/21 Farran <fazzy.baboon at ntlworld.com>:
> On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 21:04 +0100, London School of Puppetry wrote:
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> 2008/8/8 James Edward Grabham <jgrabham at googlemail.com>
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>  everyone is welcome and no one is put off (hopefully!)
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> I know some people (geeks, and red hat users) who don't like ubuntu,
> because of the community, and general opinion of Ubuntu, but that's
> another issue all together. :S
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> James  (male, Ubuntu user for just over 2 years, and 16 BTW)
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> Dear All,
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> The forum is what makes Ubuntu so enjoyable...I don't particularly want a
> women's forum.....an everybody one is great......
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> sorry I'm a bit behind with the posts
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> I'm 15 nearly 16 yo boy, been using ubuntu for almost 5 years and i've
> recently converted 3 mates (boys) to linux. Two ubuntu, one not sure yet cos
> his pc's messing around. Think he's having a bash at Mandriva...
> I've switched between knoppix, ubuntu and a bit of suse, and had a go with
> simply mepis and red hat. I think they're all good in their own way though,
> just different levels of usability and configurability
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> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15
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