Re: Im reposting because it didn't send
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 14:10, Cecil wrote:
> I am a new debian user. I was using slack, and some stuff(small things,
> i freely admit), were upsetting to the point where i was gonna just go
> back to windows... I was just burning time in my dorm room, and decided,
> "Well, I do have some cd rewritable discs next to the coffee(lol). Why
> not give it a whirl?" I am confused as to why people seem to be afraid
> of debian. Makes no sense. I love everything so far. Deb got big points
> from me for making my mouse wheel work out of the box. Small, but it
> meant a lot to me. The sound all worked out of the box. Its everything
> I ever wanted. And I would like to thank the developers who made it
> happen. All I need now is to know what laptop to buy to make sure
> everything is supported. Ah well. I tried to upgrade kde on my slack box
> before I wiped it and made a deb box. What a pain! It was missing this.
> It was missing that. Off I go looking for this that or the other. And
> when I did get it all installed(or so I thought) lots of stuff was
> broken. I cant believe how cool apt-get works. Slack is trying to copy
> it, but nothing beats the original. I am spoiled for life now, and will
> never accept anything less than apt-get! I know, it may seem silly to
> write this and I'm sure y'all have better things to do, but as I can't
> afford to donate money(tuition fees are getting stupid), I can only say
> thanks for making linux work with no more "Dependency Drama". And I will
> be taking C++ this semester. I'm a rank beginner, but maybe one day I
> can contribute to the project. Have a good day, all, and thanks for
> reading.
Well said Cecil and welcome to Debian. I've been using Debian for about
2 years and I haven't looked back.
I haven't got my mouse wheel working though it's not a big issue for me.
Cheers!
Glenn
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