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  • Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland I take offence to that, this is nothing to do with being a "Grammanazi". That fact of the matter is it's just plain incorrent to call it X. This thread was written by a guy wanting to find out how one should pr…
    in How do I pronounce OS/x? Comment by aquafire April 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland You probably giggle cause it sounds like "sex". Cooler or not, it's technically wrong. Oh lighten up..fer Gawds bloody sake. What are ya, a bloody Grammanazi ? Geez mate, whadayawant a flamin medal?. …
    in How do I pronounce OS/x? Comment by aquafire April 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Yes, "oh-ess-ten". As in, what followed OS9? Ah phewey, You stick to your side of the pond. Some of us prefer to call it OSX as in Oh Es Sex As in what happens after Nine .. Aquafire
    in How do I pronounce OS/x? Comment by aquafire April 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Towel I've been running Kubuntu on my home desktop for about four months now, Gentoo for two years before that. It's a great complement to a Mac laptop. Kubuntu in particular was almost as easy to install/configure as …
    in Any Linux users here ? Comment by aquafire April 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by details The new Fedora desktop/icons are fugly. Fedora and Red Hat are kewl though. I hear you. The Fedora 7 theme is butt~ugly. Luckily it is easily replaced. Their "hot air balloons" theme, is laughably qu…
    in Any Linux users here ? Comment by aquafire April 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Aquatic Sigh. As an environmental professional, I can definitely say Greenpeace does not have the respect that groups like the Sierra Club, NRDC, and the Nature Conservancy have. They don't seem to pick their battles v…
    in Greenpeace are Liars. Anti-Apple Campaign. Time to hit back Comment by aquafire April 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by TekMate For an image browser that does light editing the requirements are outrageous: 2.0 GHz x86 compatible processor(s) with SSE support; 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended) Don't worry about it..Tekmate. I am running…
    in Any Linux users here ? Comment by aquafire April 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by aplnub Been there and done that. While Linux has its place I will always be dazzled by the work that goes into mainting and creating these OS's. Too bad everyone can't just agree on 4 or 5 versions and go from ther…
    in Any Linux users here ? Comment by aquafire April 2007
  • As regards the anti-Apple campaign, seems like I am not the only one wanting to get give Greenpeace a swift kick. http://www.stats.org/stories/2007/sm...le_apr6_07.htm Perhaps Greenpeace might like to underline their claims with actual facts..…
    in Greenpeace are Liars. Anti-Apple Campaign. Time to hit back Comment by aquafire April 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer I regret getting rid of my NeXT Hardware years back, but we all make impulsive decisions. It's one of the OS's that I never got to play with. Nor have I had any luck tracking one down. For some reason o…
    in Any Linux users here ? Comment by aquafire April 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by TekMate I use multiple OSes myself. I have OS X, 2000 and XP, Debian, Xandros, Mepis, Yellow Dog Linux, and Zeta. Yes, likewise, I have about a dozen different flavours of Linux, plus FreeBSD, OpenBSD Unix etc as we…
    in Any Linux users here ? Comment by aquafire April 2007