Hi! I'm new to UBUNTU! - hijacked from: Goodbye Linux/Ubuntu

[Colin Law]

On 29 May 2010 12:27, Calcpage <calcpage at aol.com> wrote:
> OOPs, sorry, I had no idea I was "hijacking" anything.  I been on
> several listservs over the years and never had a problem starting a
> new thread from an old one.  So, to start a new one I have to login to
> the listserv's website?

No, just start a new email, don't open an existing one and change the
subject.  The more sophisticated email readers use thread information
in the email headers to link a thread up rather than using the subject
line, so opening an existing email and changing the subject does not
start a new thread but adds to the old one.

Bye the way it is preferred not to top post in this list.  Insert your
new comments at the appropriate point in the previous mail in thread.
That makes it easier to follow what is going on.

Colin

>
> TIA,
> A. Jorge Garcia
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On May 28, 2010, at 10:04 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> On 05/28/2010 05:43 PM, Lachlan Musicman wrote:
>>> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 10:19,  <calcpage at aol.com> wrote:
>>>> Anyway, I tell you all this by way of introduction so you can
>>>> understand our situation.  We do have a little problem.  We use a
>>>> lot
>>>> of java enabled sites like www.javawide.org, www.sagenb.org and
>>>> www.screencast-o-matic.com so jre support in a browser is very
>>>> important to us.  I cannot seem to get Firefox to install the jre,
>>>> however.  Is there some trick to this?  Also, I tried to apt-get
>>>> install something simple like bzflag-server and nothing happened.
>>>> Do I
>>>> have to update the repository addresses somehow?
>>>
>>> Try:
>>>
>>> sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
>>
>> And in the process, *please* start a new thread when posting rather
>> than
>> hijacking another thread.
>>
>> @calcpage at aol.com: what this means is to start a new clean subject
>> email
>> rather than simply replying to another email and changing the subject.
>>
>> Apparently someone changed the link while doing the new/improved
>> ubuntu.com webpages from:
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/Community/mailinglists/etiquette
>> so I guess this is the new/improved link:
>>
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists
>> [Threading]
>>
>> So, please start a *new* email/thread & I'm sure that you'll get as
>> much
>> help as this list can provide. Note: the primary reason for doing this
>> is twofold: 1) many list users may have already killfiled the '
>> Goodbye
>> Linux/Ubuntu' thread so will never see your post, and 2) it's just
>> common courtesy to not hijack other threads.
>>
>> That said, welcome to Ubuntu & to the list. Start a new thread & I/
>> folks
>> will be more than happy to assist if possible.
>>
>>
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