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    1. 03-15-2004 08:41 PM #1
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      Just So You Know...

      Well, I'm going (or already have been) away from the forums for a while, because on a whim I've foolishy decided to move to Slackware Linux. Which is a pretty dumbarse descision, because I have absolutely no clue how to use Linux, and the last thing I should do is choose the hardest, newbie-unfriendly distribution there is. But I did anyway.

      So, depending on how fast I can get it working, I'll be away. And knowing how stupid I am, I'll probably be away for a loooooong time

      While I'm gone, make sure you all post twice as much to make up for my disappearance
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    2. 03-15-2004 09:39 PM #2
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      good luck, i have problems with windows... i couldn't even imagine using linux.
      clear eyes. strong hands.
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    3. 03-15-2004 10:29 PM #3
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      Arse... haha...
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    4. 03-16-2004 03:37 PM #4
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      NOOOO! not two in one day! you and WerBurN...
      "i am the crumpled sheets of paper behind an artists' attempt at perfection"


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    5. 03-16-2004 03:47 PM #5
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      Yep for those guys looking for that Freeware.. You basically get what you get... So WernBurn also huh? What is this the ANTI-Windows Movement?....HAHA!
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      Originally posted by ShadowNightWing
      Yep for those guys looking for that Freeware.. You basically get what you get... So WernBurn also huh? What is this the ANTI-Windows Movement?....HAHA!
      No, werburn is leaving for some other reason...
      "i am the crumpled sheets of paper behind an artists' attempt at perfection"


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    7. 03-16-2004 04:03 PM #7
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      Yeah, thanks LC I posted here before I saw WernBurns ... Thread

      Anyway how did you get to Adopt two people? LC you Sly Dawg you...Haha
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    8. 03-16-2004 08:48 PM #8
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      I'm baaack!

      I'm writing this in Slackware Linux 9.1 right now.

      Anyway, after alot of whacking heads on desks, screaming at the computer monitor and breaking fragile things, I got it working. It didn't take as long as I antcipated it would...
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    9. 03-16-2004 10:07 PM #9
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      Linux is fun.. I booted PHLAK from the cd on our old Pentium II, 266mhz computer because a plethora of windows startup files were gone (and a system disk didn't cut it..).. So I got it working and now it's all mine...

      And Saturday.. I get to get many free computer books because my mom's friend's husband died and now she is moving..

      ah, what does it matter, this is senseless banter. ive already typed too much.
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    10. 03-18-2004 03:54 AM #10
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      You should have left for longer so you would have gotten a greater WELCOME BACK!!!! response...

      24 hours just don't cut it....
      If I hadn't made me
      I'd be more inclined to bow
      Powers that be would have swallowed me up
      But that's more than I can allow...
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    11. 03-18-2004 05:09 PM #11
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      Naw.

      I posted this thread because, as had happened to me alot of times before, Linux might not like my wireless connection and not let me post. And that usually takes me about a week to fix. But this time, it worked, so I'm staying with my kickass Slackware 9.1. It's actually the last distribution I ever thought I was going to use.
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    12. 03-19-2004 02:50 AM #12
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      what made you change your mind about changing your windows, was it while you were reflecting for the Window's sucks thread?
      If I hadn't made me
      I'd be more inclined to bow
      Powers that be would have swallowed me up
      But that's more than I can allow...
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    13. 03-19-2004 05:15 PM #13
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      That was partly it, but I wasn't intending to move to Linux. But, as if to mock me, Windows XP suddenly deleted all the important stuff (but decided to be real nice and leave a ton of useless crap behind), so I moved to Linux. And I like it now
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    14. 03-19-2004 07:35 PM #14
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      How the hell did it delete the stuff itself?
      You guys suck.
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    15. 03-19-2004 07:57 PM #15
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      Well, it didn't delete it, it just happily corrupted them all with good ol' Scandisk. Which is pretty much the same as deleting, because it was useless.
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    16. 03-19-2004 08:07 PM #16
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      lol it was pissed at you for making fun of it in the Windows sucks thread.
      You guys suck.
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    17. 03-19-2004 08:43 PM #17
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      Originally posted by ffx-dreamz
      lol it was pissed at you for making fun of it in the Windows sucks thread.
      No, it wasn't the program itself, it was Bill Gates....

      He can spy everything we are saying and doing right now....
      If I hadn't made me
      I'd be more inclined to bow
      Powers that be would have swallowed me up
      But that's more than I can allow...
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    18. 03-19-2004 08:46 PM #18
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      Honestly, I wouldn't doubt it.

      *gets out linux mandrake and slowly places it in his cd hoping bill gates won't notice*
      You guys suck.
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    19. 03-19-2004 08:58 PM #19
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      There are backdoors in Windows XP software, so, yes, he could watch you, find your credit card numbers and invade your privacy to his hearts content. If you read the Windows Media Player EULA closely, he even has reserved himself the right to delete your music files if he feels like it. That's why I like Linux: Fast, free, and no activation or really long drawn out suspcious looking agreements!
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    20. 03-19-2004 09:38 PM #20
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      What???? He can delete my music????? I use Winamp, but it still makes you doubt about the rest of the programs, and the rights they have taken over them as well....

      Damn you Bill Gates!!!! Just retire and enjoy your billions of money and leave us all alone!!!!!

      *starts running for cover*
      If I hadn't made me
      I'd be more inclined to bow
      Powers that be would have swallowed me up
      But that's more than I can allow...
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    21. 03-19-2004 09:41 PM #21
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      lol, we all say how much we hate microsoft, but yet nearly everyone uses windows.If linux was more userfriendly then we could all move to it and have a real reason to laugh at microsoft.
      You guys suck.
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    22. 03-19-2004 10:02 PM #22
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      Well, before most applications and games support *nix I'm not removing Windows. However, I just downloaded and burned the Penguin Sleuth Kit. Pretty nice, but my sound doesn't work
      "Trust is a weakness"
      I have a kitty. It's serial number is: 13816
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    23. 03-19-2004 10:46 PM #23
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      Linux is userfriendly enough for me, and that's saying something.
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