Another Thing Ubuntu Can do that Windows Can't

milt wrote:

Because Alias is a troll, he has terrorized . . .

"Terrorized"? Are people really terrorized by posts on a usenet group?
Perhaps you mean "annoyed."

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Enkidu

Enkidu wrote:

milt wrote:

Because Alias is a troll, he has terrorized . . .

"Terrorized"? Are people really terrorized by posts on a usenet group?
Perhaps you mean "annoyed."


If it wasn't for "trolls", milt would have nothing to say.
He trolls for trolls.
He should killfile himself.

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Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.

Alias wrote:
That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

So you're spamming and trolling again huh, you POS linturd loser.


When one installs Ubuntu properly, one creates a root or / partition, a
swap partition and a home partition. If for some reason the system gets
borked or if one wants to clean install the new version, one can merely
install Ubuntu over itself and mounting the swap and previous home
partition. Once Ubuntu is loaded, all default programs are not only
installed, all the tweaks such as bookmarks, passwords, sign ons and all
other tweaks are just as you left them. If one was using Thunderbird,
for example, reinstalling Thunderbird will have the result of all your
emails, email accounts, passwords, etc. being just as you left them. One
does have to get updates and reenable the video card drivers but that's
just a couple of clicks away. Absolutely amazing and 1000% easier to do
than a clean install of Windows of any flavor.

Ever heard of System Restore you moron?
Oops! You don't use Windows so you're totally clueless.


Before you yell "imaging", one can make an image or clone of Ubuntu as
well but I am comparing a clean install of Windows vs. a clean install
of Ubuntu.

STFU you *DUMB *****!
Oops!...LOL!

Alias wrote:
Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 01/01/2010 in message Alias wrote:

[off topic content snipped]

Why don't you run along to one of the advocacy groups sonny Jim?


Because those groups already know what I'm talking about. Duh!


Oh the irony...seeing as how you have no idea what you're talking about
when it comes to Windows.
Oops!

Alias wrote:
SC Tom wrote:

"Alias" wrote in message
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Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 01/01/2010 in message Alias wrote:

[off topic content snipped]

Why don't you run along to one of the advocacy groups sonny Jim?


Because those groups already know what I'm talking about. Duh!

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Alias

And nobody in this group really GAF. If they did, they'd be hanging
out in your group instead of trolling here. Duh!

You don't seem to understand that people here run Windows 7 and
probably like it (at least well enough NOT to go to something else),
or are trying to get help with a work-related PC where they have no
choice of what they run. You and your bunch that come in here singing
"How Great Thou Art" to the Ubuntu gods really offer nothing, and have
no place here. You're like the Honda glandes that hang out in the
American car groups telling everyone how terrible American cars are
and how great Japanese cars are. Has absolutely nothing to do with the
newsgroup title in either case.

And how long do you think it will take for your righteous ass to get
over it?

You're stupidity is only exceeded by your arrogance. You can't help
yourself can you? You've found another ng in which you can make a
complete and utter fool out of yourself, get your ass kicked by everyone
on a daily basis, yet you're one clueless *******.
Amazing!

"SC Tom" wrote in message
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"Alias" wrote in message
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SC Tom wrote:

"Alias" wrote in message
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Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 01/01/2010 in message Alias wrote:

[off topic content snipped]

Why don't you run along to one of the advocacy groups sonny Jim?


Because those groups already know what I'm talking about. Duh!

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Alias

And nobody in this group really GAF. If they did, they'd be hanging out
in your group instead of trolling here. Duh!

You don't seem to understand that people here run Windows 7 and probably
like it (at least well enough NOT to go to something else), or are
trying to get help with a work-related PC where they have no choice of
what they run. You and your bunch that come in here singing "How Great
Thou Art" to the Ubuntu gods really offer nothing, and have no place
here. You're like the Honda glandes that hang out in the American car
groups telling everyone how terrible American cars are and how great
Japanese cars are. Has absolutely nothing to do with the newsgroup title
in either case.

And how long do you think it will take for your righteous ass to get over
it?

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Alias

You can call it righteousness all you want, but your comments still have
no place in a Windows group.
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SC Tom


Actually his comments do belong here as he takes on the role of the village
idiot real well.

System Restore.
Oops!!!

On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:29:02 +0100, Alias wrote:

That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

[snip]

Attempting to convert the faithful is a futile avocation.

Stef

On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:27:29 -0500, "SC Tom" wrote:

You can call it righteousness all you want, but your comments still have no
place in a Windows group.

So why do you even respond to his OT subjects. It seems to me that
you... and I... are perpetuating this OT stuff by responding. Now that
I've vented for the year 2010, I'll now be quiet.

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Zilbandy

Frank wrote:
System Restore.
Oops!!!

Um, system restore is NOT a clean install.

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Alias

Frank wrote:
Alias wrote:
That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

So you're spamming and trolling again huh, you POS linturd loser.


When one installs Ubuntu properly, one creates a root or / partition,
a swap partition and a home partition. If for some reason the system
gets borked or if one wants to clean install the new version, one can
merely install Ubuntu over itself and mounting the swap and previous
home partition. Once Ubuntu is loaded, all default programs are not
only installed, all the tweaks such as bookmarks, passwords, sign ons
and all other tweaks are just as you left them. If one was using
Thunderbird, for example, reinstalling Thunderbird will have the
result of all your emails, email accounts, passwords, etc. being just
as you left them. One does have to get updates and reenable the video
card drivers but that's just a couple of clicks away. Absolutely
amazing and 1000% easier to do than a clean install of Windows of any
flavor.

Ever heard of System Restore you moron?

Of course.

Oops! You don't use Windows so you're totally clueless.

I was talking about a clean install which system restore is not.



Before you yell "imaging", one can make an image or clone of Ubuntu as
well but I am comparing a clean install of Windows vs. a clean install
of Ubuntu.

STFU you *DUMB *****!
Oops!...LOL!


Make me, lamer.

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Alias

Death wrote:
Alias wrote:

Death wrote:
Alias wrote:

Death wrote:
Alias wrote:

That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

When one installs Ubuntu properly, one creates a root or / partition, a
swap partition and a home partition. If for some reason the system gets
borked or if one wants to clean install the new version, one can merely
install Ubuntu over itself and mounting the swap and previous home
partition. Once Ubuntu is loaded, all default programs are not only
installed, all the tweaks such as bookmarks, passwords, sign ons and all
other tweaks are just as you left them. If one was using Thunderbird,
for example, reinstalling Thunderbird will have the result of all your
emails, email accounts, passwords, etc. being just as you left them. One
does have to get updates and reenable the video card drivers but that's
just a couple of clicks away. Absolutely amazing and 1000% easier to do
than a clean install of Windows of any flavor.

Before you yell "imaging", one can make an image or clone of Ubuntu as
well but I am comparing a clean install of Windows vs. a clean install
of Ubuntu.

Windows does the same friggen thing.
No, it doesn't.

Its called backing up your data.
Not what I'm talking about.

You can save all those passwords, settings in Windows too.
Not what I'm talking about.

Sheesh!
Do you think I remade my X-Face for each OS I use?
You need to read what I wrote again.

No, I don't.
Have someone explain it to you then because you obviously still don't
get it.


Yes...I get it, dumbass.
You said what some dumbass distro could do *that Windows Can't*.
Windows can, you are now saying it is just faster...then change the
thread title.

If you clean install Windows, you need to reinstall ALL your programs
and tweaks. With Ubuntu, you do not.


I can export my email data, reinstall Vista, them import it.
Same end result, no?
Yes, but not the same thing. The Windows way takes MUCH longer. No
exporting or importing required with Ubuntu.

It is the same thing.
You have a saved /home partition.
I have a /"Death saves some ****" partition.

Which in Windows won't do ****.


Is that the default way ubuntu installs?
It used to create only a / and swap.

I can save passwords.
I can save favorites...bookmarks in your world.
Bookmarks is the correct terminology for everything except Internet
Explorer.


Favorites are what 80% of the world calls them.
You may call them ubuntard droppings.

A rose by any other name ...

I can save google earth collections.

Why are you saying it can't be done in Windows?
It can but it takes a lot longer. With Ubuntu, it's done automagically
when you reinstall a program that didn't come installed as default.
Those that are installed by default, like Firefox and Compiz, don't need
to be reinstalled nor tweaked. In fact, the chess game I was playing was
at the same point where I left it, in the middle of a game. When I
reinstalled Exhaile, my library of songs was intact, no import
necessary. When I reinstalled Pidgen, all my contacts and accounts were
intact. This was true with ALL the applications, wallpaper, etc.


Did you fudge up ubuntu?

No.

Why are you reinstalling it?

I wanted to see what would happen.

Wow! ... your wallpaper worked!
Amazing!

No, my wallpaper was automagically still there as well as the skydome.


The big problem with your way is people will end up formatting the home
partition during install...unless they know what they be doing.

As with any OS, knowing what you're doing is a prerequisite to success.
How many times have you seen someone post that they ended up with two
installs of XP because they didn't know what they were doing and did
"press any key to boot from the CDROM" the second time round?

BTW, my procedure took less than half an hour, another thing that a
clean install of Windows cannot do.


My ubuntu install took 0 seconds.
Blah.

Liar.

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Alias

Doum wrote:
Alias écrivait news:hhkpqd$8sc$1
@speranza.aioe.org:

That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

When one installs Ubuntu properly, one creates a root or / partition, a
swap partition and a home partition. If for some reason the system gets
borked or if one wants to clean install the new version, one can merely
install Ubuntu over itself and mounting the swap and previous home
partition. Once Ubuntu is loaded, all default programs are not only
installed, all the tweaks such as bookmarks, passwords, sign ons and all
other tweaks are just as you left them. If one was using Thunderbird,
for example, reinstalling Thunderbird will have the result of all your
emails, email accounts, passwords, etc. being just as you left them. One
does have to get updates and reenable the video card drivers but that's
just a couple of clicks away. Absolutely amazing and 1000% easier to do
than a clean install of Windows of any flavor.

Before you yell "imaging", one can make an image or clone of Ubuntu as
well but I am comparing a clean install of Windows vs. a clean install
of Ubuntu.


Run PROFESSIONNAL [sic] applications designed for Windows.

Why would I want to do that when there are plenty of PROFESSIONAL
programs for Linux?

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Alias

Stefan Patric wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:29:02 +0100, Alias wrote:

That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

[snip]

Attempting to convert the faithful is a futile avocation.

Stef

It wasn't posted for the faithful.

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Alias

SC Tom wrote:

"Alias" wrote in message
...
SC Tom wrote:

"Alias" wrote in message
...
Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 01/01/2010 in message Alias wrote:

[off topic content snipped]

Why don't you run along to one of the advocacy groups sonny Jim?


Because those groups already know what I'm talking about. Duh!

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Alias

And nobody in this group really GAF. If they did, they'd be hanging
out in your group instead of trolling here. Duh!

You don't seem to understand that people here run Windows 7 and
probably like it (at least well enough NOT to go to something else),
or are trying to get help with a work-related PC where they have no
choice of what they run. You and your bunch that come in here singing
"How Great Thou Art" to the Ubuntu gods really offer nothing, and
have no place here. You're like the Honda glandes that hang out in
the American car groups telling everyone how terrible American cars
are and how great Japanese cars are. Has absolutely nothing to do
with the newsgroup title in either case.

And how long do you think it will take for your righteous ass to get
over it?

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Alias

You can call it righteousness all you want, but your comments still have
no place in a Windows group.

That long, eh? This is an unmoderated General group. Alternatives to
Vista SE, aka Windows 7, is completely on topic.

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Alias