On Friday 02 Oct 2009 18:14:12 phanisvara das wrote:
i'm not sure if and where i fit into your categories; let me put it in my own words, ok?
i'm an old hack--"old," as in 52 years, and "hack," as in i'm hacking around with whatever computer system i'm using. that used to be windows mainly, until i switched to openSUSE linux about one year ago. (release 10.3--was that one year?)
Ok Linux Newbie
until one month ago my machine used to be single core athlon 1,700 with 1 GB of RAM, which i found inadequate to run KDE 4. that's why i used fluxbox with KDE applications, which put less strain on the hardware. now i'm using a dual core intel CPU at 2.93 MHz with 4 GB of RAM, allowing me to run KDE 4.3 full time. (the CPU would probably die of boredom if i kept to fluxbox...)
i don't think i'm flexing any muscle; if i think that someone blasts the wrong guy for the wrong reasons, or demands something they're not entitled to demand, i respond in whatever tone seems appropriate at the time. i have to admit that i do make mistakes, which i try to apologize for when i find out.
i joined these mailing lists on 20 september, keeping very quiet in the beginning, trying to figure out what's going on. i think i've got an idea now and don't feel compelled to keep my opinion to myself all the time.
most here know more about openSUSE, KDE, and linux in general than i do and i don't question or challenge that fact. if a question comes up that i think i can help with i do so, and on questions of etiquette or behavior i think i'm as entitled to my opinion as anybody else.
does that answer your question? if not, perhaps we should continue the discussion via private email or the OT list.
-- phani.
Nuff said Pete .