You started this thread.

I supported what you were saying, even your blunt assertion that this was
the "Evil OS", all the way through, "100%".

Which makes you a backstabbing traitor AND a sycophant.

YOU owe ME an apology.

On 3/25/07, Dan MacDonald <danboid@???> wrote:
>
> Oh dear!
>
> I can't believe what happened on this thread. Unlucky
> for me I joined at exactly the same time as Maxam and
> as a result his 'trolling' ended up being running
> under a subject line I created and I'm not very happy
> about that.
>
> Maxam - I honestly think you should just apologise to
> Jaromil and the rest of this list for causing such
> unnecessary disturbance and find a Linux distro you do
> like or even create your own. Your incessant
> complaining disturbs me, it is most unnatural for
> someone to get so worked up so quickly about such a
> minor thing. You have already been rightly criticised
> by the rest of your list for your behavior so there is
> no need for me to double that up just suffice to say
> you're obviously acting out of line by everyones
> standards on this list and I think Jaromil and the
> rest of the list have replied in a very calm, tolerant
> and sensible manner.
>
> --- David Baron <d_baron@???> wrote:
>
> > My two cents: (more)
> >
> > 4. Dyne does not have Rosegarden. Rosegarden is a
> > KDE application and Dyne
> > does not use KDE, preferring lighter-weight
> > windowing managers.
>
> Yes but you don't actually need to run KDE in order to
> run RG- see dyne:bolic as an example. If this is a
> set-in-stone policy for pure then I can't see myself
> ever using it- look how long its took RG to get where
> it is now. I don't see any light-weight AND powerful
> MIDI sequencer appearing for Linux any time soon and
> hence RG is an absolute must for any music-centric
> Linux distro right now and for the forseeable future.
> I'll just have to wait for dyne:bolic to upgrade its
> RG, until then I'll use JACKLab.
>
>
> >
> > If one could get Dyne to install using Debian tools
> > and has a nice sized nest,
> > one could install KDE and also Rosegarden and Muse
> > and others using this. As
> > I said, I have all this on my Debian box.
>
> Of course, but for me having to fiddle around setting
> up a package manager then spend much time downloading
> hundreds of packages pretty much totally defeats the
> point of a Linux distro like dyne- on top of that you
> really need a broadband connection to do download all
> these big packages now and not everybody has that.
>
> At the moment, the only Linux music distro I know of
> that isn't riddled with bugs is JACKLab (JAD).
> However, JAD requires that you install it to HD before
> you can use it but I'd really like a full Linux
> multimedia distro that is fully functional running off
> 1 CD-ROM even if they don't have any internet access
> at all. We're very nearly there with dyne:bolic now.
>
> ALL Linux multimedia distros seem to come with xawtv
> but its video capturing capabilities not only didn't
> work for me but it doesn't even offer the options I
> require if it did. ALL Linux multimedia distros now
> should come with xdtv as standard as it is the only
> fully functional v4l capture tool for Linux and so is
> totally indispensible to anyone wanting to do non-DV
> video under Linux.
>
> I think Blender should be included with both the dyne
> distros - just because its hard to use doesn't mean it
> shouldn't be included. Should Linux distros not be
> shipped with gcc just because programming isn't easy?
> As for pure:data or whatever I really couldn't care
> less about. It is such an incredibly small niche
> they're catering too with people who want to do live
> coding. Even live coding needs its own distro though
> so if pd was to be removed from pure it would be
> pretty pointless but I don't think there's any need
> for pd on dyne:bolic when those 10 other apps I've
> mentioned would be genuinely useful to many, many more
> people.
>
> dan
>
>
>
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