[ale] Opinions of Arch Linux?

[James Sumners]

>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll:

"In Internet terminology, a troll is someone who comes into an
established community such as an online discussion forum, and posts
inflammatory, rude, repetitive or offensive messages designed
intentionally to annoy or antagonize the existing members or disrupt
the flow of discussion, including the personal attack of calling
others trolls."

I didn't join this list just recently. I've been hanging around for a
few years now. I also didn't initiate the Ubuntu discussion.

On 8/7/06, Steve Brown <braino420 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 14:04:23 -0400
> >From: "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [ale] Opinions of Arch Linux?
> >To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
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> >Still, I shouldn't have to turn to forums and wikis to use a
> >distribution that is supposed to be easy to use and maintain.
>
> What a trollish thing to say. But I'll bite. IMO, one of the things that
> makes Ubuntu easy to use and maintain IS the forums and wikis. Besides, what
> are we comparing this to?
>
> That said, I have never had a problem with the 'half-baked knowledge' of the
> forums and wikis and I'm sorry you feel the need to insult the communities'
> input.
>
> If you want to do anything it isn't setup to do you are in for a headache?
> I'm not sure what that means or how you drew that conclusion. I've found it
> infinitely more flexible than other distros I have tried.
>
> Also, as you previously ignored, there is a huge difference between the
> previous Breezy release and the current Dapper release. For example, I just
> installed xfce-desktop with apt-get last week and it worked without a hitch
> and could be selected from the login screen with no further configuration.
>
> I normally don't feed the trolls and I'm not trying to get into some
> distro-war, I just thought I should identify the slander for the people who
> haven't experienced Ubuntu Dapper yet.
>
> -Steve
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