Re: WTF is it with ubuntu?

On 2008-10-12, Bob Cortopassi <bobernet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why so upset? If Slackware is the bee's knees on your hardware, then
don't switch. I prefer Debian to either, although my wife's laptop
runs Xubuntu. Choice is great, and we have many distros to thank for
that, including Ubuntu.

Why IS ubuntu so popular? I can get a dozen distros to boot on any of my
machines. Why does not ubuntu boot on any? That is my question.

P.S. If you don't own "nothome.com" it's pretty inconsiderate to be
using it in your Usenet headers.

Used to be spam harvesters made real domain names a pain. Not so much,
anymore. Old habits die hard? Why are you so put out about it?

The .invalid moniker exists for a
reason.

No doubt cuz I don't want to reveal my real identity. What don't you
understand?

nb
.

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