[GRLUG] distros, DE's, etc.

[Collin]

Heh, we've all dealt with people that pretty much want that much before 
they'll do anything. But a wash and wax of my car WOULD be nice...

Bob Kline wrote:
> Glad to see you're staying on the real axis.
> I thought people would be unrealistic......
>
>   -Bob
>
>
> On 5/17/06, *Collin* <adderd at kkmfg.com <mailto:adderd at kkmfg.com>> wrote:
>
>     He can... he can... buy me a pony... and a puppy dog... and give me
>     personalized service and pay me for it, and wash my car, and wax
>     it too.
>     Then I'll switch to Debian. ;-)
>
>     Bob Kline wrote:
>     > JTR offered to do this at the last formal
>     > get together of the GRLUG.  Only he and
>     > two others showed up from what I remembered.
>     > He also offered to help others set up Debian
>     > on their machines at most of the install get
>     > togethers in the past.  I don't know how
>     > many takers he got,  but the opportunity was
>     > certainly there to get help form someone
>     > was bullish on Debian,  and more than willing
>     > to help. All to ask,  what more can he do to
>     > get people on board?  Make house calls?
>     >
>     >     -Bob
>     >
>     >
>     > On 5/17/06, *zdennis* <zdennis at mktec.com
>     <mailto:zdennis at mktec.com> <mailto:zdennis at mktec.com
>     <mailto:zdennis at mktec.com>>>
>     > wrote:
>     >
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>     >     Ben Rousch wrote:
>     >     > Ubuntu has a server install on the regular CDs that is very
>     >     stripped down
>     >     > (no X, no servers). It is easy to enable the Universe and
>     >     Multiverse repos
>     >     > and build your system from barely-above-ground up at the bash
>     >     prompt.
>     >     >
>     >     > To use it, just start with a regular Breezy CD and type
>     'server'
>     >     at the
>     >     > install prompt.
>     >
>     >     I have seen less dependency hell with Ubuntu/Kubntu
>     >     universe/multiverse then with Debian's unstable/testing. And
>     >     although you can
>     >     always figure out how-to fix the dependency hell, sometimes
>     it is
>     >     annoying to spend hours doing so. There is a solution to
>     >     this.... john-thomas richards. And with that, JTR needs to
>     speak
>     >     at a GRLUG meeting or luncheon or whatever on debian, so I can
>     >     move to the next level of wannabe-uber-debian-l33t-hax0r.
>     >
>     >     Zach
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