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[Mark Haney]

Karl Larsen wrote:

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>>   
>     The name Ubuntu means it just works. If that didn't happen in your 
> case then your computer is either not main stream or it is broken. If 
> Windows works on your computer use it!
> 
> Karl
> 
> 

What a load of crap, Karl.  Are you serious?  Googling 'Ubuntu' gives me 
this:

Ubuntu (IPA: [uːˈbuːntuː] in English,[1] [ùɓúntú] in Zulu) is a free 
computer operating system based on the Linux kernel. Its name comes from 
the Zulu word ubuntu, loosely translated as "humanity".

(Thanks Wikipedia.)

So not only are you WRONG about what it means, you're simply not being 
helpful at all in trying to get the problems fixed.

I've never been more appalled at a post in my life.  Did you even look 
at his previous posts before this one?  Probably not.

The problems he was having (at least the VPN one) would probably have 
been a problem in Windows as well.


His printing problems weren't problems so much as he wasn't sure how to 
configure his linux box to print to a windows shared printer.

The point is, /nothing/ 'just works' all the time.  People have problems 
getting things setup.  In Windows or otherwise.  We all have to start 
somewhere.  Your attitude toward him (and others) is childish and makes 
this list look very bad in the eyes of a lot of people.  Would you 
appreciate your mechanic telling you, 'well Oldsmobile means 'it just 
works' and since it doesn't for you, maybe you should go to Ford'?

How would you have liked one of your school teachers to tell you what 
you just told Chris?  Would you have learned anything?  No.  Would you 
have been encouraged to keep trying?  No.

I can't remember a time when I've posted so many semi-to-angry emails to 
a list.  It's like dealing with 5 year olds.  We are all supposed to be 
adults on this list, yet I continue to see posts like this one.  If you 
can't help the poster, then STFU.  Plain and simple.  If you have 
nothing useful to add concerning Ubuntu, do likewise.  Get some manners 
and show some respect.


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