[OT] Re: Switching a friend to Ubuntu

[Amedee Van Gasse (ub)]

On Thu, January 21, 2010 17:33, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2010/1/21 nepal <nepal.roade at googlemail.com>:
*snip*
>> and what does that have to do with a technical support list?
>>
>
> The suggestion was made for a user to use Linux Mint, and I brought up
> the fact that Linux Mint may not be an option due to the requests of
> the developers. Sort of like someone suggesting that a user pirate
> Office to open a Word document, and someone would mention that the
> developers have asked users not to pirate their software (yes, the MSO
> devs made such a polite request recently).

You missed the question.
This topic shouldn't have started in the first place. The topicstarter
asked about opinions. He should have asked on sounder.
This is a technical support list, not a
please-recommend-the-best-flavor-of-linux-for-my-noob-windows-friend list.

> So you ask to be redundant, to troll, or to hijack the thread to push
> your own agenda? I was not pushing my own agenda, rather the agenda of
> the Mint dev.

And what does Mint have to do with official Ubuntu as supported by Canonical?

>>> He also specifically asked that we do not use Linux Mint.
>>
>> Isn't that like you recommending to others to use or not use a distro?

And what does Mint have to do with official Ubuntu as supported by Canonical?

> Who did I tar and feather? I repeated the dev's request without
> slander or accusation.

And what does Mint have to do with official Ubuntu as supported by Canonical?

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Amedee Van Gasse