[ale] Presentation challenge

[Damon L. Chesser]

On 02/01/2013 02:08 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> PS, I wasn't saying I could do a presentation, I was saying I wanted to see a presentation.
>
> PPS, The guys on the Tux Radar podcast (the same group that publishes Linux Format magazine) were sort of blasting the Fedora team for confusing changes to the installer UI and a new lock screen that you cannot figure out how to get out of and (if I remember right) a desktop that's empty and non obvious what to do.  I don't know anything about Fedora, but I thought I'd pass this along.
yeah, looks like they screwed the pooch.  I could not figure out how to 
do the install the way I wanted it done.  Yup, good ol spoke and wheels 
system, because the tried and true was soooooo confusing.  Idiots.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
>
>
> Jim Kinney<jim.kinney at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Great! So we'll have a short on one of those and why it's good and what
>> needs work :-)
>>
>> This is getting pretty good!
>>
>> Fedora? (must compare/contrast to RHEL as well as non-rpm distros)
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE)<
>> atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> I wouldn't mind a presentation on Mint, or on installing Mate or
>> Cinnamon
>>> on Ubuntu.  Since my Ubuntu 11.04 expired, I have to figure out
>> whether to
>>> fire them and go to Mint or try to put Mate or Cinnamon on Ubuntu
>> 12.04.
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim Lynch<ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 02/01/2013 08:20 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>>>> Is mint a desktop or a distro? I would put it in the desktop
>> group.
>>>> I guess I've never seen a discussion of the difference but since
>> Mint
>>>> doesn't offer a specific server edition, I'll agree with you. Most
>> of
>>>> Mint specific repos are GUI related.
>>>>
>>>> Jim.
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> Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9 Mail.
> Please excuse my potential brevity.
>
> (To whom it may concern.  My email address has changed.  Replying to former
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