Re: Going with Linux was the biggest mistake...

From: Bob Holtzman (holtzm_at_hosed.sonic.net)
Date: 11/26/03 

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:27:35 GMT

In article <slrnbs5hee.689.dhbrown@hobbes.dhbrown.net>, Dave Brown wrote:
> In article <pan.2003.11.25.02.10.05.302243@comcast.net>,
> Christopher Estep wrote:
> ...(snipping much stuff, and replying to an embedded earlier post)...
>
>
>>> >> The latest: I try to install a copy of Acrobat reader on my
>>> >> machine. My buddy has been using it constantly for months. I
>>> >> finally get the courage (and the free time) to attempt installing
>>> >> it. I install it apparently without incident, but when I try
>>> >> running it, a license-agreement-type (EULA) message comes up. BUT
>>> >> THERE'S NOTHING LIKE AN ACCEPT OR DECLINE BUTTON!!! There is no
>>> >> way to get past this window! All you can do is read the EULA, and
>>> >> when you get tired of this, kill the process. This has kind of ***
>>> >> up is not a rare incident; it is perfectly representative of the
>>> >> Linux experience. Yes, all free, but hardly any of it works.
>
> Don't blame Linux for something Adobe did. To avoid the incessant
> appearance of the EULA, look in your home directory for a file '.acrorc'.
> About the last line is:
>
> *ShowUnixEula: true
>
> Change that to "false" and you'll be happier.
>
So instead of asking for help on this group or elsewhere he gives up and whines.
I agree with him...he would be happier with Wndows! 

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Bob Holtzman
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