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Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid



On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 17:45 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 08/07/08 17:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 16:55 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> >> * Cousin Stanley <cousinstanley@hotmail.com> [2008 Aug 07 16:38 -0500]:
> >>>
> >>>> Ditto. I'm sure it's a fine program, but I, too, get lost 
> >>>> with the ncurses interface of aptitude
> >>>   Add a ditto onto to the ditto regarding my own inability
> >>>   to cope with the ncurses interface to aptitude ....
> >>>
> >>>   To me it seems cumbersome and somewhat cryptic ....
> >> And I think Aptitude works very well and couldn't wait to ditch dselect
> >> for it.  Different strokes and all that.  I've had the displeasure of
> >> being dumped into Synaptic on Ubuntu and friends.  I'll take Aptitude
> >> every time, thank you very much.
> >>
> >> - Nate >>
> > 
> > Displeasure?  Synaptic is brain dead simple, what's not to like?  
> 
> It's a GUI app?

Very funny Ron.  Really.
> 
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> Ron Johnson, Jr.
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> 
> Scientists are people, too.  IOW, they also "crave power, money,
> respect, and influence, and they also fear for their jobs. Each
> can be a healthy motivator, but each has the ability to turn a
> good scientist into a bad one; and in some cases, they can turn
> a good scientist into a charlatan."
> http://thefutureofthings.com/book/3/the-bomb-that-never-was.html
> 
> 
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