Hardware Driver writer(s)

[Karl F. Larsen]

Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Charlie Kravetz wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:22:25 -0500
>>> "Mark Haney" <mhaney at ercbroadband.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>         To the writers of Hardware Drivers, your software is a
>>>>> god-send to those Ubuntu users with video problems. The software
>>>>> needs to be written to use the older and newer software in the
>>>>> LiveCD so your software works with the un-updated software. There
>>>>> needs to be a way to provide the user with which version of the
>>>>> video software to download. For example my computer uses a nVidia
>>>>> 6300 series hardware. There needs to be somewhere this information
>>>>> can be found.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Karl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Have you ever heard of filing a bug instead of wasting everyone's
>>>> bandwidth with diatribes on bad software?
>>>>
>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> and interrupt Karl's blog? ;)
>>>
>>> Good luck getting that done...
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>    If you two have no help to provide why don't you both shut UP!
>>     
>
> Karl, it's you who should file a (rational) bug or "shut UP" (as you
> put it).  Mark pointed out that a bug report is more useful than a
> meandering whine to the user list.  Nothing wrong with that.  Charlie
> (sarcastically) implied that you often use the mailing list as your
> own personal blog - which is true - and that you will probably
> continue to do so - which unfortunately also seems to be true.
> Nothing wrong with that, either.
>
> Years ago, you were advised not to blog to the Fedora list and that
> advice went unheeded.  After switching to Ubuntu you have continued to
> fill us all in on your daily activities with no sign of slowing down
> soon.  In my book, that makes you a fair target - either grow thicker
> skin or go and get yourself a blog:
> https://www.blogger.com
>
> Lighten up man, in any case - it's just the users' list ;)
>
> Chris
>
>   
    Why don't you shut up too. Your all so sure it never got to be a bug 
but I direct your interest, if you have any at all to Bug# 326405 and 
please don't bother because I'm certain none of you have even a foggy 
idea of what the problem is!

Karl

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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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