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Fantasy » alt.fan.pratchett » [I] Conina released
| [I] Conina released [message #288012] |
Do, 15 Juni 2006 17:24 |
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The latest version of OpenLab (a GNU/Linux distribution specifically
designed for desktop use) has just been released. Codenamed 'Conina', it
follows on from previous versions 'Angua', 'Susan', 'Eskarina' and
'Perdita'.
The name 'Conina' was chosen this time because the original DW character
was born destined for a certain kind of life, but she found herself
wanting more and had to overcome her own nature in order to achieve
those dreams.
The OpenLab developers claim that, in much the same way, OpenLab was
started for one thing, education - but had evolved, sometimes painfully,
into a general-use desktop operating system.
http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1029
Personally I'm looking forward to OpenLab's 'Esmeralda'. Now *that*
would be an OS with some interesting error messages...
esmi
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| Re: [I] Conina released [message #288017 ] |
Do, 15 Juni 2006 17:48 |
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esmi wrote:
> The latest version of OpenLab (a GNU/Linux distribution specifically
> designed for desktop use) has just been released. Codenamed 'Conina', it
> follows on from previous versions 'Angua', 'Susan', 'Eskarina' and
> 'Perdita'.
>
> The name 'Conina' was chosen this time because the original DW character
> was born destined for a certain kind of life, but she found herself
> wanting more and had to overcome her own nature in order to achieve
> those dreams.
>
> The OpenLab developers claim that, in much the same way, OpenLab was
> started for one thing, education - but had evolved, sometimes painfully,
> into a general-use desktop operating system.
>
> http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1029
>
> Personally I'm looking forward to OpenLab's 'Esmeralda'. Now *that*
> would be an OS with some interesting error messages...
"You've been fiddling around in the registry again. Stop it."
"Yes, your system is running slower than usual. Enter the key
combination on page 24 of your ruleb... manual, then drink a 1:20
solution of sukrose and akwa. You *will* find the computer works better."
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| Re: [I] Conina released [message #288019 ] |
Do, 15 Juni 2006 17:56 |
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:24:06 +0100, esmi <esmi [at] lspace.org> wrote:
>Personally I'm looking forward to OpenLab's 'Esmeralda'. Now *that*
>would be an OS with some interesting error messages...
File not opened / connection attempt rejected
I can't be having with that
Processing, please wait
I aitn't dead
-SteveD
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| Re: Conina released [message #289107 ] |
So, 18 Juni 2006 18:19 |
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Torak wrote:
> esmi wrote:
> > The latest version of OpenLab (a GNU/Linux distribution specifically
> > designed for desktop use) has just been released. Codenamed 'Conina', it
> > follows on from previous versions 'Angua', 'Susan', 'Eskarina' and
> > 'Perdita'.
> >
> > The name 'Conina' was chosen this time because the original DW character
> > was born destined for a certain kind of life, but she found herself
> > wanting more and had to overcome her own nature in order to achieve
> > those dreams.
> >
> > The OpenLab developers claim that, in much the same way, OpenLab was
> > started for one thing, education - but had evolved, sometimes painfully,
> > into a general-use desktop operating system.
> >
> > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1029
> >
> > Personally I'm looking forward to OpenLab's 'Esmeralda'. Now *that*
> > would be an OS with some interesting error messages...
>
> "You've been fiddling around in the registry again. Stop it."
>
> "Yes, your system is running slower than usual. Enter the key
> combination on page 24 of your ruleb... manual, then drink a 1:20
> solution of sukrose and akwa. You *will* find the computer works better."
The latter sounds more like Magrat, which wouldn't be /that/ much
better an experience than sharing your life with His Billness, as many
of us do. Is there a prominent Discworld character with the
personality of desktop Microsoft Windows... I don't know. Its
officiousness on licensing, its inflexibility particularly in respect
of other people using different systems, its insistence on doing all
the administration through nasty fiddly forms instead of
systematically, its failings on security... oh, I do know, it's the
head bloke in the Guild of Clowns.
I have been using Knoppix just for fiddling around, and had a devil of
a job downloading and burning a DVD ISO of its latest edition through
Windows, FAT32, and FTP servers which should know better. It's also my
Windows partition backup solution, embracing NTFS. What does the
OpenLab experience offer that may be better, for a desktop user?
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| Re: Conina released [message #289143 ] |
So, 18 Juni 2006 19:57 |
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:19:36 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> Is there a prominent Discworld character with the personality of desktop
> Microsoft Windows... I don't know. Its officiousness on licensing, its
> inflexibility particularly in respect of other people using different
> systems, its insistence on doing all the administration through nasty
> fiddly forms instead of systematically, its failings on security... oh, I
> do know, it's the head bloke in the Guild of Clowns.
Dr Whiteface :)
Although I have to say I think Ridcully is rather like that at times.
--
Kind regards,
Julian Hall
"I'm only on the planet because I missed the bus home"
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| Re: Conina released [message #289189 ] |
So, 18 Juni 2006 21:48 |
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CeltiKaos wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:19:36 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>
> > Is there a prominent Discworld character with the personality of desktop
> > Microsoft Windows... I don't know. Its officiousness on licensing, its
> > inflexibility particularly in respect of other people using different
> > systems, its insistence on doing all the administration through nasty
> > fiddly forms instead of systematically, its failings on security... oh, I
> > do know, it's the head bloke in the Guild of Clowns.
>
> Dr Whiteface :)
>
> Although I have to say I think Ridcully is rather like that at times.
He tends to problem-solve with a hammer, metaphorically speaking - I
see that.
He also has noticed that if he deliberately remains obtuse then people
will take problems away and solve them themselves instead of insisting
that he should do it.
Yes, that's Windows-ish.
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| Re: Conina released [message #289191 ] |
So, 18 Juni 2006 21:55 |
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On 18 Jun 2006 09:19:36 -0700, "Robert Carnegie" <rja.carnegie [at] excite.com>
wrote:
>Is there a prominent Discworld character with the
>personality of desktop Microsoft Windows... I don't know. Its
>officiousness on licensing, its inflexibility particularly in respect
>of other people using different systems, its insistence on doing all
>the administration through nasty fiddly forms instead of
>systematically, its failings on security... oh, I do know, it's the
>head bloke in the Guild of Clowns.
Or Mr Clete.
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| Re: Conina released [message #289247 ] |
Mo, 19 Juni 2006 01:32 |
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usenet [at] vo.id.au wrote:
> On 18 Jun 2006 09:19:36 -0700, "Robert Carnegie" <rja.carnegie [at] excite.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Is there a prominent Discworld character with the
>> personality of desktop Microsoft Windows... I don't know. Its
>> officiousness on licensing, its inflexibility particularly in respect
>> of other people using different systems, its insistence on doing all
>> the administration through nasty fiddly forms instead of
>> systematically, its failings on security... oh, I do know, it's the
>> head bloke in the Guild of Clowns.
>
> Or Mr Clete.
Definitely Mr Clete. I can just imagine my computer going 'Hat, hat,
hat' as it shuts itself down without saving.
n
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| Re: Conina released [message #289248 ] |
Mo, 19 Juni 2006 01:52 |
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:48:32 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> Although I have to say I think Ridcully is rather like that at times.
>
> He tends to problem-solve with a hammer, metaphorically speaking - I
> see that.
>
> He also has noticed that if he deliberately remains obtuse then people
> will take problems away and solve them themselves instead of insisting
> that he should do it.
>
> Yes, that's Windows-ish.
Well, the name "Conina" doesn't sound anything like my linux laptop,
anyway, I don't even like her - especially because Rincewind's madly in
love with her, and I'm madly in love with him - makes me feel like
smashing up my laptop! :-)
All the best
Sofie
--
Please visit my deviantART page: http://sofen.deviantart.com/
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| Re: Conina released [message #289255 ] |
Mo, 19 Juni 2006 03:20 |
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ROFL! Yes!!!
I once (ah, youth) was foolish enough to download some Star Trek
message sounds to my ancient Mac Plus. When it (inevitably) all went
pear-shaped, the screen froze and Spock began repeating, endlessly,
"Most unpleasant situation, Captain. Most unpleasant situation,
Captain. Most unpleasant..." until I came very close to taking the
Ridcully approach to the problem. ;)
Molly
geminii [at] tpg.com.au wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:24:06 +0100, esmi <esmi [at] lspace.org> wrote:
>
> >Personally I'm looking forward to OpenLab's 'Esmeralda'. Now *that*
> >would be an OS with some interesting error messages...
>
> File not opened / connection attempt rejected
> I can't be having with that
>
> Processing, please wait
> I aitn't dead
>
>
> -SteveD
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| Re: Conina released [message #289314 ] |
Mo, 19 Juni 2006 13:48 |
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The time: 19 Jun 2006. The place: alt.fan.pratchett. The
speaker: Sofia <pinkmonster2000REMOVE [at] ALLCAPSyahoo.com>
> Well, the name "Conina" doesn't sound anything like my
> linux laptop, anyway, I don't even like her - especially
> because Rincewind's madly in love with her,
One of these days you've *got* to share these parallel-universe
Discworld books of yours with the rest of us 8-)...
--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
Suggs against sexism. It's Madness gone
politically correct.
Jon Holmes, The Now Show 26/5/06
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| Re: Conina released [message #289335 ] |
Mo, 19 Juni 2006 15:47 |
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Sofia wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:48:32 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>
> >> Although I have to say I think Ridcully is rather like that at times.
> >
> > He tends to problem-solve with a hammer, metaphorically speaking - I
> > see that.
> >
> > He also has noticed that if he deliberately remains obtuse then people
> > will take problems away and solve them themselves instead of insisting
> > that he should do it.
> >
> > Yes, that's Windows-ish.
>
> Well, the name "Conina" doesn't sound anything like my linux laptop,
> anyway, I don't even like her - especially because Rincewind's madly in
> love with her, and I'm madly in love with him -
Madly in love with /Rincewind/? /Must/ be a typo. Not even a
mother...... she ran away before he was born, you know. (That's where
he gets it from, probably. You know, like The Elephant Man's mum ate
all those peanuts.)
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| Re: Conina released [message #289633 ] |
Mi, 21 Juni 2006 01:59 |
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On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:48:59 +0000, Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
>> Well, the name "Conina" doesn't sound anything like my
>> linux laptop, anyway, I don't even like her - especially
>> because Rincewind's madly in love with her,
>
> One of these days you've *got* to share these parallel-universe
> Discworld books of yours with the rest of us 8-)...
They're all dirty fantasy story's in my head I'm afraid, but not even my
husband knows about them, so I'm hardly likely to tell you lot am I! :-)
All the best
Sofie
--
Please visit my deviantART page: http://sofen.deviantart.com/
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| Re: Conina released [message #289641 ] |
Mi, 21 Juni 2006 02:56 |
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:59:52 +0100, Sofia wrote:
> They're all dirty fantasy story's in my head I'm afraid, but not even my
> husband knows about them, so I'm hardly likely to tell you lot am I! :-)
Far more likely to in fact. We are anonymous recipients and would be
entirely open to whatever ou might suggest :)
No? Oh well it was worth a try ;)
--
Kind regards,
Julian Hall
"I'm only on the planet because I missed the bus home"
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