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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Christmas Tradition
Date: 14 Dec 2009 19:03:10
Message: <4b26d23e@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
>>> I don't mind that. But a scanner program? I don't own a scanner, why
>>> would I want a fancy GUI for controlling one?
>> 
>> That is a graphical program; as opposed to the command-line 'scanimage'
>> tool.
> 
> Sure, but if I don't own a scanner, why would I want all the image
> capture libraries, CLI infrastructure and GUI front-end? Why can't I
> just skip downloading and installing all that stuff?

Then do what I said. Don't use Ubuntu :D

Ubuntu was made for newbies who would say "Linux sucks, I can't use my 
scanner!"


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Christmas Tradition
Date: 15 Dec 2009 03:55:41
Message: <4b274f0d@news.povray.org>
>> Sure, but if I don't own a scanner, why would I want all the image
>> capture libraries, CLI infrastructure and GUI front-end? Why can't I
>> just skip downloading and installing all that stuff?
> 
> Then do what I said. Don't use Ubuntu :D
> 
> Ubuntu was made for newbies who would say "Linux sucks, I can't use my 
> scanner!"

"Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning 'I can't install Debian'."


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From: gregjohn
Subject: Re: Christmas Tradition
Date: 15 Dec 2009 19:35:01
Message: <web.4b282ac3e968d41a34d207310@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> Ubuntu was made for newbies who would say "Linux sucks, I can't use my
> scanner!"

Linux Mint was made for newbies who would say "Ubuntu sucks, I can't use my
monitor!"


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