From IRC and a NEW USER: "Ubuntu is so horrible to try and use..."

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 22:46 +1200, chris wrote: 
> On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 15:41 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 05:05 +1000, Stephen Kuhn wrote: 
> > > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 14:48 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > > 
> > > > There's all sorts of ways to edit the appearance of the desktop. A bunch
> > > > of themes, etc. You do get to chose. Plus, you can use pictures for your
> > > > background... it's all pretty much customizable. :) Ric
> > > 
> > > PICTURES FER YER BACKGROUND? Wowzers...that's like way cool! ;)
> > 
> > I thought that would get your attention! You really ought to give that a
> > go, old chap. This, after all, is the 90's. We gave mice a whirl, but it
> > seems that with Unity we're back to the keyboard shortcuts, ala
> > SuperDos. I never saw the sense in using mice anyway. I still pine for
> > CP/M./ <snickers> Ric
> >
> 
> only if it is cpm 86, which I believe you can still download!

Oh yes! I used to run that on my Televideo and Altos machines that had
x86 chips. All of the rest were z-80 based. Ric


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My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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