Ha ! I forgot abuot that Futurama episode - what a hoot! On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:36:02 -0700 (PDT), Joel Dick <joel_cd at yahoo.com> wrote: >> Well that's the straw that brakes my Mandrake liking. Mandrake was my >> first (real) install and I guess I just got used to it and kept with >> it... > > I think the straw that broke my Mandrake days was the fact that the 9.1 > install messed up my drive. It had it's day with me, was the first linux > distro I used (frankly because at the time a co-worker reccommended it) > about 2 years back, kinda just stuck with it because of familiarity. > >> I think I've got enough under my belt to try out Slack and change my >> systems over... > > My sentiments as well, actually I'll probably try a couple distros out > though, Slack included. Thankfully the time of my choosing coincided with > the installfest, what luck. > >> I personally HATE the amount of ads/commercials/"consumerism"/profiling >> etcetcetc that are becoming more and more commonplace these days. > > Can't say I'm too thrilled about it either. I remember an episode of > Futurama where they go online with the VR suits, and the first thing Fry > says at "Seeing" the internet was "My God, it's full of Ads!". Then the > droves of Ads start attacking them. Yes, wonderful outlook on the future > I say. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list