Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)
On Thu 23 Mar 2017 at 11:07:22 +0100, Mart van de Wege wrote:
> Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 08:06:46AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> >> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 08:52:46PM -0400, Catherine Gramze wrote:
> >> > Do you prefer that people move on to other distros after a base system only
> >> > installation because the Debian installer let them inadvertently get there?
> >>
> >> If they're like you, yes. Good riddance.
> >
> > This thread is a great example of why I really despise debian-user sometimes.
> > There's no reason to be so hostile, you simply disagree with each other. This
> > list is too toxic a lot of the time. Please either post friendly and
> > constructively or not at all.
>
> I disagree. Sometimes there is no disagreement, someone is just plain
> wrong. Catherine has been given the use cases that disprove her thesis,
> and has been contradicting herself.
>
> Continuing to be nice in some misguided attempt at false balance *does*
> *not* *help*. If someone is wrong, they should be told; if they insist
> on not wanting to be educated, at a certain point you must simply wash
> your hands of them. It's not nice, but it *is* constructive.
"Wrong" is wrong. Sometimes a rubust reply is required. This is not in
itself being hostile. The seeds of hostilty have probably been sown
earlier with the publishing of ill thought out ideas and information.
> "Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore"
> - Cicero
This man has been banned from debian.roman.equestris for having a malign
and toxic influence. Do you really think you should be puffing him?
--
Brian.
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