Re: [OT] Ubuntu vs Debian forums (was recompiling the kernel with a different version name)
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 23:00:39 -0400 (EDT), Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Stephen Powell wrote:
>> For some reason, this well-known proverb is going through my head:
>>
>> Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
>> Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
>>
>> I'd rather learn to fish.
>>
>
> In this case it's:
>
> Take a rope off their necks and you save him today. (get him off Windows)
> Try to teach him what to do with a better rope and he will call you
> twice a day for the next four years (install Debian for him)
> Give him a rope made for babies and you'll both be happy (install Ubuntu)
(1) No need to CC me; I am subscribed to the list.
(2) I see that you (and a number of others) have had fun with parodies of
the "give a fish / teach to fish" parable, but its point is still valid.
(3) If you are unwilling to teach, then there is no reason why your
technological dependents would not be just as happy with an appropriately
installed and configured Debian system as they would be with an Ubuntu
system.
(4) If you are unwilling to teach, then don't come here for support, because
that's what you're asking us to do. Why should we do for you what you
are not willing to do for others?
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.''`. Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>
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