[Buddha-l] Is this guy an, er, budding bodhisattva of IT?

[jkirk]

Thanks James! I will see what I can do with it.
Yes, Linux did come up on Buddha-L, like last year?
Meanwhile, who was Stilpo? ( The person in Zeno's quotation you use.)
Joanna
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>
> I currently  use Debian GNU/Linux  myself, but I really think we should 
> avoid
> a distro war on buddha-l, as it can get worse than dharma battles.  So to
> answer the question:  yes, and yes.   The word "ubuntu" mean "humanity" 
> (one
> of the Confucian virtues, if I am not mistaken)  in South Africa,
> Shuttleworth's home turf.
>
> The good thing about Ubuntu is that you can download a disc image, burn 
> that
> to a cd,  reboot your computer off the new CD, and you can run the  system
> from the disc without changing your current setup.  If you like it, then 
> you
> can install to the hard disk. If not, reboot after ejecting the cd, and 
> your
> back where you started.
>
> There are several alternative versions of Ubuntu, that basically use 
> different
> graphic desktops, such as Kubuntu, (KDE desktop), and Xubuntu (something
> else), and some special purpose, like Edubuntu.  You can find all kinds of
> linux distros  at  http://distrowatch.com/ .    Too many, infact.
>
> One thing you may not be able to do right off is view/listen to certain
> proprietary codec audio/video files, for example DVD movies.  But there 
> are
> ways that this can be fixed.
>
> Did we not have a discussion about the need for a Buddhist Linux Distro or 
> at
> least a theme for Ubuntu a while ago?   (Unlike the recent theodic
> (theodical? ) postings I am really trying to make this relevant to the
> academic study of Buddhism, really.)
>
>
>
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> :The right way to seize a philosopher. Crates, is by the ears: persuade me
> then and drag me off by them; but if you use violence, my body will be 
> with
> you, but my mind with Stilpo."  Zeno of Citium, Diogenes Laertius, VII:24
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