Re: [LUG] buying a laptop, and some m$ talk - keep finding I can't find messages?

[paul sutton <zen14920@xxxxxxxxx>]

Why is it that having read this message I can only view it again if I 
select last 5 days in thunderbird,  If I select All, I can't find it 
anywhere, even if I type Ben (sender) in to the search box, to filter 
messages  I am using Thunderbird (winXP). ,  If there is an option to 
turn this message hiding feature off i need it NOW, as I don't 
understand what is happening so don't know what to look for I am getting 
fed up with it,   If I do last 5 days,  select the message as unread, 
the message reappears in the main inbox when All is selected. 

Ok i am using windows to read this message but I was playing a game, 
exited as I wanted to check mails.

On a note here,  if a newbie gets this problem having switched,  they 
are probably going to go straight back to OE no question.  Or if they 
are using Linux perhaps go back to Linux,  kmail does not do this,  nor 
do most other mail apps.

Please help.

Paul

Ben Goodger wrote:

> Hi,
>
> With regards to PC-buying, any decent supplier offers a 
> custom-building service. You can thus ensure that its hardware will 
> work out-of-box with Linux, and save yourself some cash by not getting 
> a copy of *that other OS* forced onto it.
>
>     heavy pc gamers will need to upgrade to vista,
>
>     get a console, or not bother. Is this vendor-lock?
>
>
> What do you think? However, Microsoft are partly justified in not 
> wanting to unneccessarily backport a highly complex technology to an 
> outdated version of their operating system.
>
>     Will open source ever truly challenge m$ in the pc
>     gaming api arena? Will openGL ever be as good and well
>     used as directx?
>
>
> OpenGL is already as good afaik (on most platforms), but the Microsoft 
> implementation of OpenGL (they haven't done anything to it since 
> Win95's varying 3d screensavers) is so shocking, everyone thought 
> "nah, we'll go with DirectX". Microsoft stunts OpenGL deliberately 
> because it was open and cross-platform. They now get a pot of cash 
> daily from people buying licenses to use DirectX in their games, 
> people buying copies of Visual C++... etc.
>
>     any comments? I'd like to learn nothing but open
>     source, but for gaming/3d/animation the proprietary
>     tools just kinda suck you in
>
>
> Blender3D is more than adequate for animation and modelling, and there 
> are tons of game engines, one of the best being CrystalSpace. Blender 
> has a game engine, but it requires Python knowledge.
>
> --
> Ben Goodger
>
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