more than a little OT - Re: My writing on the Wicd web page

[Robert Holtzman]

On Tue, 26 May 2009, Ray Leventhal wrote:

>
> Despite clear instructions to the contrary, which included reasons WHY
> you should not use the .deb files which are not obtained from a listed
> repository.  When using a package based distro, like Ubuntu or Debian,
> Red Hat or CentOS, installing using the package management system keeps
> you up to date semi automagically.

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>
> Here's a piece of advice I know you probably won't heed.  Get a blog.
> Use that space to rant and make broad-brush statements.  Here, take a
> breath before hitting 'send'.  I know I'll be happier with this list if
> you'd do that one thing.

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Please don't tell Karl to stop posting his day to day tribulations to 
the list. First, he won't do it. Second his last series about his wicd 
problems was extraordinary. The humor. The pathos. I laughed. I cried. 
Roger Ebert would give it a thumbs up. Truly great entertainment.

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