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> -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Julian Hall > Sent: 16 November 2006 00:14 > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [LUG] Flash Player 9 for PPC > > > Ben Goodger wrote: > > I would guess at Ubuntu. Referring to what the common man > refers to as > > Linux as GNU/Linux creates unnecessary complications, especially as > > the target has zero idea of what an OS is, let alone the difference > > between its kernel and the rest. > Have you been talking to some of my old customers? ;) > > 'What OS are you running?' > 'What's an OS?' > *sigh* > > I quickly learned to ask 'What version of Windows or MacOS do > you have?' > and even then some of the responses were..... uhhmm... > questionable in > their accuracy. As often as not the answer will be word/office 2000/XP etc grrr > > We need to talk about the here and now. Here and now, > NVidia and ATi > > have both not yet released GPL or similar drivers. Here and > now, the > > free alternatives, while excellent in that they actually > provide any > > functionality at all, are entirely inferior and not suitable for > > serious use with the graphics card, such as doing usery things like > > games or some of the lovely screensavers that come with > GNOME nowadays. > Um. I installed the nVidia Linux package on my old Sony Vaio in > Mandrake 10.1 and played a very decent game of Quake 3. I didn't see > any sign of inferiority - in fact it played better (predictably) in > Linux than Windows. > > Kind regards, > > Julian > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > > Click > https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/wQw0zmjPoHdJTZGyOCrrhg== AZATZmUSVOFxIqTgJCCoRA0tWeVnwoS!!JbCCoi24zUo7XsIZfeTKdmhQN0HhkWyikBjR9QD h32vJ1tO8oPiWOjurVUrIA6MOMF!ElyqeYzVlvker0UqOVmb4aahLqBryHhJviTpPQeQbJri N6l9fe2gt4TO6J4aT6GbrF1JNF3coRMqAMXeB!npq6clOpXKB to report this email as spam to Sanctuary Housing's managed spam filter,BlackSpider. (Do NOT click on 'remove me' or other links from spam as that usually just confirms your email to the spammers and can lead to malicious websites) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html