matthew871@gmail.com wrote:
>
> How the f*ck was I trolling?
>

In Internet terminology, a troll is someone who intentionally posts
derogatory or otherwise inflammatory messages about sensitive topics in an
established online community such as an online discussion forum to bait
users into responding.

that seems to fit, don't you think?

On 2007-07-06, matthew871@gmail.com <matthew871@gmail.com> wrote:

[...]
> How the fuck was I trolling?

http://people.aapt.net.au/~adjlstrong/troll.html

Andrew

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On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:36:05 +0200, Olive wrote:

> matthew871@gmail.com wrote:
>> Is "gnu" really pronounced "guh-noo"? Doesn't anyone else find this
>> like really really gay?
>> I want to get into Linux, but it's just so nerdy. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> ps. I am *not* a troll -- I just spent $66 on Slack 12. But... I *am* a
>> Gnome. I prefer it to KDE! Even with its stupid, blurry-ass fonts.
>> Still all the graphical window managers I've seen look really dumb, and
>> I prefer the Win98 / XP Classic look so much more, because it seems
>> serious and business-like.
>>
>>
> It is possible to have non good antialised fonts in Linux but it ask
> some work (I have done it because I couldn't get used to these blurry
> fonts). You can loo at a screenshot of my configuration here (the
> screenshot is on KDE with another distribution but I have tested it with
> gnome and Slackware as well). If you are interested I could post a small
> howto (but apparently very few people are interested).

Please do it, I sometimes have to explain to users how to do it
and that's always painful for them, I managed to do it for me
each time I had to but I never could build a howto useable by
final users, I suppose yours is probably a howto for techs but it
may help me to rewrite my few random help lines better )

And, I'm surprised that you think very few people are interested in,
I would think that'd be a fifty-fifty ?-)

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:21:57 +0000, matthew871 wrote:

> Is "gnu" really pronounced "guh-noo"? Doesn't anyone else find this
> like really really gay?

No, we find Win-droid morons posting from Google Gropes to be "like really
really gay".

Fuck off, dipshit, and just leave. Now.

--
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

matthew871@gmail.com wrote:
> Is "gnu" really pronounced "guh-noo"?

Yes.

> Doesn't anyone else find this like really really gay?

No. In fact I find it quite ok, as that's the way it's read in my language.

> I want to get into Linux

You meant into GNU/Linux


--
Milan Babuskov
http://home.gna.org/vodovod

matthew wrote :

> Is "gnu" really pronounced "guh-noo"?

If anybody should know it would be Richard Stallman:
<URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2xfrApGOr4>
--
Thomas O.

This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:21:57 +0000, matthew871 wrote:

> Is "gnu" really pronounced "guh-noo"? Doesn't anyone else find this
> like really really gay?
> I want to get into Linux, but it's just so nerdy. Thanks in advance.

Sure, it should be pronounced 'new', but then your standard response to a
question would probably end up being "new - that's spelled g-n-u" - it's
easier this way, trust me.

If it's 'so nerdy' that's your call. FYI, we're running linux on nine
computers at the local library for the public access internet stations. So
far no one has complained (after a year and a half) and everyone has
adapted quite easily. Initial install and configuration can be slightly
daunting, but that's primarily because it's a little different. IMHO,
Linux is usually easier to install - you don't need to muck with all the
'driver disks'. Once it's set, software is certainly easier to install -
just fire up the GUI package management utility, search for what you want,
click 'select' and click 'install' - does not get much easier than that.


>
> ps. I am *not* a troll -- I just spent $66 on Slack 12. But... I *am*
> a Gnome. I prefer it to KDE! Even with its stupid, blurry-ass fonts.
> Still all the graphical window managers I've seen look really dumb,
> and I prefer the Win98 / XP Classic look so much more, because it
> seems serious and business-like.

Hey - if you're satisfied - stick with it. IMHO you'd probably be better
off with Ubuntu - which Canonical will happily send you for free. It's a
little more 'refined' and 'MS-like'.

Olive <olive001@tele2allin.be> trolled:
>matthew871@gmail.com wrote:
>> Is "gnu" really pronounced "guh-noo"? Doesn't anyone else find this
>> like really really gay?
>> I want to get into Linux, but it's just so nerdy. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> ps. I am *not* a troll -- I just spent $66 on Slack 12. But... I *am*
>> a Gnome. I prefer it to KDE! Even with its stupid, blurry-ass fonts.
>> Still all the graphical window managers I've seen look really dumb,
>> and I prefer the Win98 / XP Classic look so much more, because it
>> seems serious and business-like.
>>

>It is possible to have non good antialised fonts in Linux but it ask
>some work (I have done it because I couldn't get used to these blurry
>fonts). You can loo at a screenshot of my configuration here (the
>screenshot is on KDE with another distribution but I have tested it with
>gnome and Slackware as well). If you are interested I could post a small
>howto (but apparently very few people are interested).

Kind of hard to "loo" at something when you haven't given us a link.

cordially, as always,

rm

Olive <olive001@tele2allin.be> trolled:
>> It is possible to have non good antialised fonts in Linux but it ask
>> some work (I have done it because I couldn't get used to these blurry
>> fonts). You can loo at a screenshot of my configuration here (the
>> screenshot is on KDE with another distribution but I have tested it with
>> gnome and Slackware as well). If you are interested I could post a small
>> howto (but apparently very few people are interested).
>>
>> Olive

>Just forget the screenshot:

>http://www.geocities.com/evilosser/n...alised-kde.jpg

We spoke too soon. It looks ok, but why would it be difficult to
achieve? Don't you just have to turn the antialias stuff off?

cordially, as always,

rm

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:22:47 -0000
matthew871@gmail.com wrote:

> On Jul 6, 2:30 am, Mikhail Zotov <invalid_mux...@lenta.ru> wrote:
> > [http://www.gnu.org/]
....
> Why does gnu.org use an anti-aliased font? blurriness is preferable?

Hm. I think, it looks quite nice in SeaMonkey:

http://slackworld.berlios.de/2007/gnu.png

--
Mikhail