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Topic: Tweak for the "Getting Started" page, Solve the most repeated "help" request.

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lovdsl

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Posted: Feb. 21 2006,11:08

thanks mikshaw...one comes to the realization...dsl is what it is...I can not get the chess game to work and get no response from the forum so dillo smillo.I've lost intersest.I'm going to bed..thanks for the info..good to know.

struppi

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Posted: Feb. 21 2006,12:13

all those win-wimps : )

dsl is my first linux too... and? i figured it all out, one step after another. sometimes i had to ask here, sometimes i just played around.

what do you expect? dsl isn't a commercial product. be glad that a few guys created this nice little thing (onikacke: i'm talking about the "gurus") without getting payed for it. got it? they don't get payed and so they don't have to give support. if you want a 24/7 support-mum, buy windows.

configuring dsl isn't too difficult, there are just more files to edit than in windows. if you don't try, you can't cry.

doobit

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Posted: Feb. 21 2006,13:44

I've found the getting started page gives you all of the basics that you need to do exactly what it says it's for - getting started. After that DSL is such a simple, easy distribution that it didn't take long to learn just by trying things. I've been using some variation of DSL now for over a year and, while I have had my problems, I also have solved all of them with some help from people on this forum. I recall having problems with Windows at first too, and there was no forum to go to for help, but that was a long time ago.

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cbagger01

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Posted: Feb. 21 2006,18:48

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I take offense to your characterization of Merriam-Webster's Dictionary as an "elementary school" dictionary.

A relative of mine once worked for M-W as a proofreader and I can assure you that they take their work VERY seriously and are highly regarded in the USA.

Now if my aunt happened to be reading this forum, she might take offense with your post since it is an indirect criticism of her work and the work of her colleagues.

Does this make your comment rude?

Not in my world.

It seems obvious to me that you were trying to make the point that Oxford was a "real" dictionary by comparison and you were not trying to offend someone.

So either everyone who has ever written anything in public that might offend a person who potentially might read it is "rude" - your interpretation

Or intentional discourtesy directed at someone, e.g. insults and attacks on a person, is "rude" - my interpretation

Regardless, it appears that we will have to agree to disagree on the subject. I have nothing more to offer.

PS:

If you are waiting for me to apologize to an unspecified list of people (who refuse to read the getting started document and then post help questions that have already been answered 50 or more times) that I supposedly offended due to a humorous reference in a post to the developers of DSL, you are going to be waiting for a looong time, buddy.

lovdsl

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Posted: Feb. 21 2006,21:36

Dsl is very interesting..I have installed it all the possible ways now and have moved on to mydsl additions..1 click everywhere..gatta like it..the getting started page has all the inspiration for getting started right away..but after several installs it gets in the way..I think if you wanted to change it.. a means of stopping dilo at boot would help.. the help file is available from control so mention that in the instruction..it is the discretion of the designers of this small marvel naturally..although different than windows it really offers the basics in a great retro..and takes advantage of modern pocket devices..I am playing with the retro the browser is the biggest issue..dillo is the main with firefox as downloader..will try Opera which is very quick on win..this makes dillo startpage additional issue as it pops up rather than a startpage of choice..just to consider..thanks for the forum..

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