[OT] Ubuntu Code of Conduct v2.0

Someone Else wrote:
On 02/24/2017 10:28 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
What's the difference between "code" and covenant"?

6 letters.


8 letters, 2 removed and 6 added.


5 letters. 3 in common c. o, and e. 5 different d, v, h, a, and t.
Depends on how you look at it.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Mike Easter wrote:
David B. wrote:
I shall investigate further once I've finished upgrading my ancient
Dell Dimension 2400 to Ubuntu version 16.04

That wouldn't be my choice for that hardware.

I would use something XFCE based on a Deb instead of Ub, but more
user-friendly than a stock Deb such as MX 16.

In yonder room I have a hand-me-down Dell Inspiron 1300 laptop; Pentium
M 1700, 1G ram, Broadcomm wifi. It is running Mint 17.3 32bit XFCE just
fine and dandy.

It also runs that MX 16 live just fine booting from USB. The Mint
17.3's support will end in Apr, so I'll probably switch it to MX 16.


--
Mike Easter

On 02/24/2017 09:13 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

What's the difference between "code" and covenant"?

On 24/02/2017 5:33 PM, David B. wrote:
Ubuntu is about showing humanity to one another: the word itself
captures the spirit of being human.

We want a productive, happy and agile community that can welcome new
ideas in a complex field, improve every process every year, and foster
collaboration between groups with very different needs, interests and
skills.

We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from
those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse
groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge
prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the
project.

The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private
whenever the project will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be
honoured by everyone who represents the project officially or
informally, claims affiliation with the project, or participates
directly.

Mo https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct

This sounds like a MUCH better place than Usenet. Does anyone reading
here use Ubuntu? If so, are you active in the Community in any way?




I use ubuntu, and I despise Canonical and anyone else who decides how
I'm going to play. **** 'em.

On 24/02/2017 20:56, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:18:47 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 24/02/2017 13:25, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 02:46:16 -0800
Mike Easter wrote:

David B. crossposted:
Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop, alt.windows7.general,
alt.comp.os.windows-10

Gadfly x-poster.

Does anyone reading here use Ubuntu?

The Ub forums are an excellent source of information and help.

Many usenet participants don't like typing into a browser;
corresponding by browser interface.

So, besides web-based there are newsgroups, IRC, and mailing lists.
And hybrids.



all groups restored to spread you vast insight around...

You put 'alt.windows7.general' in twice! ;-)

Doubly important.


Is THAT why 'alt.windows7.general' doesn't qualify to be a Google GROUP?!!

--
"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." (Albert Schweitzer)

On 24/02/2017 20:56, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:18:47 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 24/02/2017 13:25, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 02:46:16 -0800
Mike Easter wrote:

David B. crossposted:
Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop, alt.windows7.general,
alt.comp.os.windows-10

Gadfly x-poster.

Does anyone reading here use Ubuntu?

The Ub forums are an excellent source of information and help.

Many usenet participants don't like typing into a browser;
corresponding by browser interface.

So, besides web-based there are newsgroups, IRC, and mailing lists.
And hybrids.



all groups restored to spread you vast insight around...

You put 'alt.windows7.general' in twice! ;-)

Doubly important.


Is THAT why 'alt.windows7.general' doesn't qualify to be a Google GROUP?!!

--
"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." (Albert Schweitzer)

On 24/02/2017 22:36, crankypuss wrote:
On 02/24/2017 09:13 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

What's the difference between "code" and covenant"?

On 24/02/2017 5:33 PM, David B. wrote:
Ubuntu is about showing humanity to one another: the word itself
captures the spirit of being human.

We want a productive, happy and agile community that can welcome new
ideas in a complex field, improve every process every year, and foster
collaboration between groups with very different needs, interests and
skills.

We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from
those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse
groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge
prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the
project.

The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private
whenever the project will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be
honoured by everyone who represents the project officially or
informally, claims affiliation with the project, or participates
directly.

Mo https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct

This sounds like a MUCH better place than Usenet. Does anyone reading
here use Ubuntu? If so, are you active in the Community in any way?




I use ubuntu,

WHY?

If you really do -------

and I despise Canonical and anyone else who decides how
I'm going to play. **** 'em.

I'm pretty sure that Canonical knows FAR more about you - and what is on
your computer - than ever you realize! ;-)

--
"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." (Albert Schweitzer)

On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 11:42:24 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 24/02/2017 22:36, crankypuss wrote:
On 02/24/2017 09:13 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

What's the difference between "code" and covenant"?

On 24/02/2017 5:33 PM, David B. wrote:
Ubuntu is about showing humanity to one another: the word itself
captures the spirit of being human.

We want a productive, happy and agile community that can welcome
new ideas in a complex field, improve every process every year,
and foster collaboration between groups with very different
needs, interests and skills.

We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation
from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure
that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and
enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the
participation of any person in the project.

The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private
whenever the project will be judged by our actions. We expect it
to be honoured by everyone who represents the project officially
or informally, claims affiliation with the project, or
participates directly.

Mo https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct

This sounds like a MUCH better place than Usenet. Does anyone
reading here use Ubuntu? If so, are you active in the Community
in any way?




I use ubuntu,

WHY?

If you really do -------

and I despise Canonical and anyone else who decides how
I'm going to play. **** 'em.

I'm pretty sure that Canonical knows FAR more about you - and what is
on your computer - than ever you realize! ;-)


Especially yours, eh david?
Even your Mac is like an open book.....LOL

On 25/02/2017 12:04, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 11:42:24 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 24/02/2017 22:36, crankypuss wrote:
On 02/24/2017 09:13 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

What's the difference between "code" and covenant"?

On 24/02/2017 5:33 PM, David B. wrote:
Ubuntu is about showing humanity to one another: the word itself
captures the spirit of being human.

We want a productive, happy and agile community that can welcome
new ideas in a complex field, improve every process every year,
and foster collaboration between groups with very different
needs, interests and skills.

We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation
from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure
that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and
enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the
participation of any person in the project.

The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private
whenever the project will be judged by our actions. We expect it
to be honoured by everyone who represents the project officially
or informally, claims affiliation with the project, or
participates directly.

Mo https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct

This sounds like a MUCH better place than Usenet. Does anyone
reading here use Ubuntu? If so, are you active in the Community
in any way?




I use ubuntu,

WHY?

If you really do -------

and I despise Canonical and anyone else who decides how
I'm going to play. **** 'em.

I'm pretty sure that Canonical knows FAR more about you - and what is
on your computer - than ever you realize! ;-)


Especially yours, eh david?

Hopefully not my Dell - I DBANed that a couple of days ago before
installing Linux.

Even your Mac is like an open book.....LOL

Haha! I'd not be at all surprised if it *HAD* been, but it's had a new
hard drive and is now as 'clean as a whistle'! :-)

--
"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." (Albert Schweitzer)

On 24/02/2017 21:59, Mike Easter wrote:
Mike Easter wrote:
David B. wrote:
I shall investigate further once I've finished upgrading my ancient
Dell Dimension 2400 to Ubuntu version 16.04

That wouldn't be my choice for that hardware.

I would use something XFCE based on a Deb instead of Ub, but more
user-friendly than a stock Deb such as MX 16.

In yonder room I have a hand-me-down Dell Inspiron 1300 laptop; Pentium
M 1700, 1G ram, Broadcomm wifi. It is running Mint 17.3 32bit XFCE just
fine and dandy.

It also runs that MX 16 live just fine booting from USB. The Mint
17.3's support will end in Apr, so I'll probably switch it to MX 16.

Thanks for your helpful comments, Mike.

I'm hopefully in the process of installing Mint alongside Ubuntu (About
80GB on each partition - it is a replaced hard drive!) but it seems to
be taking a very long time.

I've now found this helpful item:-
http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Linux-Mint

That's much as I have encountered without a guide to follow!

There's no hurry. I'll let you know if I'm successful in due course.

--
"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." (Albert Schweitzer)

On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 12:36:33 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 25/02/2017 12:04, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 11:42:24 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 24/02/2017 22:36, crankypuss wrote:
On 02/24/2017 09:13 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

What's the difference between "code" and covenant"?

On 24/02/2017 5:33 PM, David B. wrote:
Ubuntu is about showing humanity to one another: the word itself
captures the spirit of being human.

We want a productive, happy and agile community that can welcome
new ideas in a complex field, improve every process every year,
and foster collaboration between groups with very different
needs, interests and skills.

We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation
from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure
that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and
enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the
participation of any person in the project.

The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in
private whenever the project will be judged by our actions. We
expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the project
officially or informally, claims affiliation with the project,
or participates directly.

Mo https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct

This sounds like a MUCH better place than Usenet. Does anyone
reading here use Ubuntu? If so, are you active in the Community
in any way?




I use ubuntu,

WHY?

If you really do -------

and I despise Canonical and anyone else who decides how
I'm going to play. **** 'em.

I'm pretty sure that Canonical knows FAR more about you - and what
is on your computer - than ever you realize! ;-)


Especially yours, eh david?

Hopefully not my Dell - I DBANed that a couple of days ago before
installing Linux.

Even your Mac is like an open book.....LOL

Haha! I'd not be at all surprised if it *HAD* been, but it's had a
new hard drive and is now as 'clean as a whistle'! :-)


So you think. What proof do you have?

On 25/02/2017 16:01, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 12:36:33 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 25/02/2017 12:04, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 11:42:24 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 24/02/2017 22:36, crankypuss wrote:
On 02/24/2017 09:13 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

What's the difference between "code" and covenant"?

On 24/02/2017 5:33 PM, David B. wrote:
Ubuntu is about showing humanity to one another: the word itself
captures the spirit of being human.

We want a productive, happy and agile community that can welcome
new ideas in a complex field, improve every process every year,
and foster collaboration between groups with very different
needs, interests and skills.

We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation
from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure
that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and
enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the
participation of any person in the project.

The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in
private whenever the project will be judged by our actions. We
expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the project
officially or informally, claims affiliation with the project,
or participates directly.

Mo https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct

This sounds like a MUCH better place than Usenet. Does anyone
reading here use Ubuntu? If so, are you active in the Community
in any way?




I use ubuntu,

WHY?

If you really do -------

and I despise Canonical and anyone else who decides how
I'm going to play. **** 'em.

I'm pretty sure that Canonical knows FAR more about you - and what
is on your computer - than ever you realize! ;-)


Especially yours, eh david?

Hopefully not my Dell - I DBANed that a couple of days ago before
installing Linux.

Even your Mac is like an open book.....LOL

Haha! I'd not be at all surprised if it *HAD* been, but it's had a
new hard drive and is now as 'clean as a whistle'! :-)


So you think. What proof do you have?

NOYB :-)

--
"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." (Albert Schweitzer)

On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 17:57:20 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 25/02/2017 16:01, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 12:36:33 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 25/02/2017 12:04, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 11:42:24 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 24/02/2017 22:36, crankypuss wrote:
On 02/24/2017 09:13 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

What's the difference between "code" and covenant"?

On 24/02/2017 5:33 PM, David B. wrote:
Ubuntu is about showing humanity to one another: the word
itself captures the spirit of being human.

We want a productive, happy and agile community that can
welcome new ideas in a complex field, improve every process
every year, and foster collaboration between groups with very
different needs, interests and skills.

We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek
participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct
exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual
advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that
could jeopardise the participation of any person in the
project.

The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in
private whenever the project will be judged by our actions. We
expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the
project officially or informally, claims affiliation with the
project, or participates directly.

Mo https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct

This sounds like a MUCH better place than Usenet. Does anyone
reading here use Ubuntu? If so, are you active in the
Community in any way?




I use ubuntu,

WHY?

If you really do -------

and I despise Canonical and anyone else who decides how
I'm going to play. **** 'em.

I'm pretty sure that Canonical knows FAR more about you - and
what is on your computer - than ever you realize! ;-)


Especially yours, eh david?

Hopefully not my Dell - I DBANed that a couple of days ago before
installing Linux.

Even your Mac is like an open book.....LOL

Haha! I'd not be at all surprised if it *HAD* been, but it's had a
new hard drive and is now as 'clean as a whistle'! :-)


So you think. What proof do you have?

NOYB :-)


As we thought...LOL

On 25/02/2017 17:58, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 17:57:20 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 25/02/2017 16:01, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 12:36:33 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 25/02/2017 12:04, burfordTjustice wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 11:42:24 +0000
"David B." wrote:

On 24/02/2017 22:36, crankypuss wrote:
On 02/24/2017 09:13 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

What's the difference between "code" and covenant"?

On 24/02/2017 5:33 PM, David B. wrote:
Ubuntu is about showing humanity to one another: the word
itself captures the spirit of being human.

We want a productive, happy and agile community that can
welcome new ideas in a complex field, improve every process
every year, and foster collaboration between groups with very
different needs, interests and skills.

We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek
participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct
exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual
advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that
could jeopardise the participation of any person in the
project.

The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in
private whenever the project will be judged by our actions. We
expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the
project officially or informally, claims affiliation with the
project, or participates directly.

Mo https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct

This sounds like a MUCH better place than Usenet. Does anyone
reading here use Ubuntu? If so, are you active in the
Community in any way?




I use ubuntu,

WHY?

If you really do -------

and I despise Canonical and anyone else who decides how
I'm going to play. **** 'em.

I'm pretty sure that Canonical knows FAR more about you - and
what is on your computer - than ever you realize! ;-)


Especially yours, eh david?

Hopefully not my Dell - I DBANed that a couple of days ago before
installing Linux.

Even your Mac is like an open book.....LOL

Haha! I'd not be at all surprised if it *HAD* been, but it's had a
new hard drive and is now as 'clean as a whistle'! :-)


So you think. What proof do you have?

NOYB :-)


As we thought...LOL

*YOU* (plural) had no proof either! You're all full of sh*t!

--
"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." (Albert Schweitzer)

On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 20:07:27 +0000
"David B." wrote:

From: "David B."

snip........................

You only wish that were true......LOL!!

On 24/02/2017 15:18, Mayayana wrote:
"David B." wrote

| Ubuntu is about showing humanity to one another: the word itself
| captures the spirit of being human.
|

I find the whole OSS world and "youth-tech" to
be very interesting sociologically, but not necessarily
an ideal world in the way they'd like to think. Ubuntu
is a dubious product:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/10/u...-privacy-award

OSS run by an autocrat? I've never actually installed
it because to the extent I'm interested in Linux, I'm
interested in the aspect of it being a functional tool
that I can control for myself. So I can't speak to the
Ubuntu product. I'm not interested in using tightly
controlled adware simply because it's said to be OSS.
(And that's assuming I could get past the silly
Sesame Street names of their versions.)


Although I Googled, I'm not 100% sure I understand what YOU mean by
"OSS"! See what I found, he-

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=OS...OaeGgAbjw4qoDQ

Perhaps you can spare a moment to clarify?

I've been somewhat intrigued by my flirtation with Linux these past few
days. It seems fairly obvious that one is connecting to a completely
unknown server - which then has total carte-blanche to look at each
every single file on one's computer. I'm not sure I really like that!

I'm fairly sure YOU wouldn't like that either, Mayayana! ;-)

Thank you for giving me such a comprehensive response in the first
instance. Like you, I do rather like the unregulated nature of Usenet!

--
"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." (Albert Schweitzer)