On 12/16/2012 10:34 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 12/16/2012 02:10 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> http://ohjeezlinux.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/fedup-a-little-background/ >> (this link is referenced on the Fedup Wiki page). > > Thanx. Alas, the first paragraph contains a gross error that tells me > just how young the author is: in the beginning, you didn't download .iso > images and burn them to CD, you downloaded images that were then copied > to floppy disks; probably 3.5, but possibly even 5.25. Age is irrelevant when quantifying competence or skill nor should it be (you'd feel peeved I should imagine if somebody referred to you similarly because you first installed Linux from a floppy). If you feel the rest of the arguments he made in his post are somehow wrong & feel you could enlighten him & help the whole community out as well, I'm sure he would be only too delighted to benefit from your years of experience. Cheers, Phil... -- currently (ab)using CentOS 5.8 & 6.3, Debian Squeeze & Wheezy, Fedora Beefy & Spherical, Lubuntu 12.10, OS X Snow Leopard & Ubuntu Precise & Quantal -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org