[mdlug] [Fwd: New openSUSE 11.0! Order today for FREE SHIPPING!]

R. Kannan rkannan at peoplepc.com
Thu Jun 12 10:32:39 EDT 2008


"This is a friendly sort of Linux you can put on your home computers without having a geek at your house."

Doesn't this perpetuate the notion is that Linux is for geeks and anyone can use a computer (wirh Windows or openSUSE 11.0) safely without learning the basics? This is the very notion that has created  a horde of computer users who are victims of viruses and email scams.


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>From: Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
>Sent: Jun 12, 2008 5:16 AM
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>Subject: [mdlug] [Fwd: New openSUSE 11.0! Order today for FREE SHIPPING!]
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>Subject: New openSUSE 11.0! Order today for FREE SHIPPING!
>Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:30:25 -0600
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>                             openSUSE 11.0
>                                    
>                                    
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>                                    
>                         You don't have to grok
>                        the meaning of Linux to
>                                use it.
>                                    
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>                         but have absolutely no
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>                         friendly sort of Linux
>                        you can put on your home
>                        computers without having
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>                                    
>                        This is the same product
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>                        source, after all), but
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>                                    
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>                                     email
>                                  installation
>                                    support
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>       http://novellevents.novell.com/t/5738813/68161739/10043/0/
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>       http://novellevents.novell.com/t/5738813/68161739/10043/0/
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>                                    
>                         Everything You Need To
>                         Get Started With Linux
>                         openSUSE 11.0 includes
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>                        make the leap to Linux.
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>                                    
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>                                         Talk,
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>                                 applications,
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>                filtering, and tons more that you'll probably never use, but it's nice to know you could.
>                                    
>                         Get all the advantages
>                        of Linux without all the
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>                         will love it, and you
>                           won't have to grok
>                        anything you don't want
>                                  to.
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>Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
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