Re: [News] More Mandriva 2008.1 Reviews and Impressions, Fluendo Integrated

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:49:57 +0200, Richard Rasker wrote:

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Testing, one two three...
>
> [big snip]
>
> I just finished installing Mandriva 2008.1 on my mother-in-law's laptop, and
> my first impressions are what I've come to expect from Mandriva/Linux: a
> quick, totally uneventful install, after which almost everything works
> flawlessly -- almost, because the only thing (still) not working is the
> built-in SD card reader; then again, we're talking about a fully
> proprietary, undocumented and unsupported Toshiba chip, so Linux isn't to
> blame here.

> Richard Rasker

If the same reader workis under Windows then Linux *IS* to blame and no end
user is going to see it any other way.

Except a Linux loon of course.


--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

Moshe Goldfarb wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:49:57 +0200, Richard Rasker wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Testing, one two three...
>>
>> [big snip]
>>
>> I just finished installing Mandriva 2008.1 on my mother-in-law's laptop,
>> and my first impressions are what I've come to expect from
>> Mandriva/Linux: a quick, totally uneventful install, after which almost
>> everything works flawlessly -- almost, because the only thing (still) not
>> working is the built-in SD card reader; then again, we're talking about a
>> fully proprietary, undocumented and unsupported Toshiba chip, so Linux
>> isn't to blame here.
>
>> Richard Rasker
>
> If the same reader workis under Windows then Linux *IS* to blame and no
> end user is going to see it any other way.

Ah yes, the old idiot's fallacy: "If it works under Windows, but not under
Linux, Linux is to blame".

Tell me, does it hurt to be so stupid?

Richard Rasker
--
http://www.linetec.nl/

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:57:45 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:

>
> If the same reader workis under Windows then Linux *IS* to blame and no
> end user is going to see it any other way.
>
> Except a Linux loon of course.

If Windows is so great then why do you have to compensate for your
wonderful OS by coming here and talking out your ass?

Go **** off and enjoy your "wonderful" OS.

* Richard Rasker peremptorily fired off this memo:

> Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>
>>> everything works flawlessly -- almost, because the only thing (still) not
>>> working is the built-in SD card reader; then again, we're talking about a
>>> fully proprietary, undocumented and unsupported Toshiba chip, so Linux
>>> isn't to blame here.
>>
>>> Richard Rasker
>>
>> If the same reader workis under Windows then Linux *IS* to blame and no
>> end user is going to see it any other way.
>
> Ah yes, the old idiot's fallacy: "If it works under Windows, but not under
> Linux, Linux is to blame".
>
> Tell me, does it hurt to be so stupid?

Indeed. Most people will understand the situation if you explain it to
them:

"You see, Microsoft has cornered the market through various means,
and so the first thing a hardware maker will do is make sure their
product works under Windows. Some savvy hardware makers will also
make sure it works under Linux, or at least uses common protocols,
or make sure to publish information that makes it easier for the
Linux /volunteers/ to figure out how to make the hardware work.
Others do not, and, unfortunately, xxxxx is one of them."

"Moshe", that sacrilegious name purloiner, likes to pretend to know how
people think. And he could be right, except for one thing -- people
have friends who care for them and will correct their misconceptions.

"Moshe", probably a loner, doesn't understand the concept of
"community".

--
I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our
first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to
Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were
just making great software.
-- Bill Gates

Linonut wrote:
>
> "Moshe", that sacrilegious name purloiner, likes to pretend to know
> how people think. And he could be right, except for one thing --
> people have friends who care for them and will correct their
> misconceptions.
>
> "Moshe", probably a loner, doesn't understand the concept of
> "community".

Are you promoting "Moshe for President" now?