The problem with LMDE is that it is still Debian with a bit more sane initial configuration. And you're only guaranteed to stay with Gnome 2 if you stay with stable, and LMDE is meant to be a rolling distro that tracks testing. It also doesn't allow installation onto a pre-existing LUKS-LVM setup, like I can with Fedora. On the whole, it's just not as user-friendly for the desktop. I have found that, for the time being, Fuduntu is a pretty nice alternative. Since it is based on Fedora 14, it has Gnome 2, but with an updated kernal (3.0.3). Then again, since it's based on 14, it will stop receiving updates once F16 is released.

No, the largest USAF system (AFRL's Raptor, which is actually the largest DoD system) is a Cray XE6 and uses a custom built Linux environment, CLE.

So, just as SL is increasing in popularity due to the (perceived) problems with CentOS, Red Hat pulls the main SL developer away. Coincidence? Perhaps...

It's a Dell Latitude XT2 convertible tablet PC -- with a physical keyboard.

I'm fairly new faculty (second year), teaching aerospace engineering. I've taught several classes with Onenote, in a similar way. How do you set up the Onenote pages so the page breaks in the correct place (without constantly going back and forth from print preview)?

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This is probably one of the most insightful things I've read here regarding the raising of children. We have four, and each is completely different (and has been since birth). Dealing with each individual child must be tailored to that unique personality. What works with one, will not work with the others.

That's actually an idea that has been tried. Slashdot covered a similar effort here. Check out the comments there. Not a lot of support, huh? Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Slashdot seems to have a way of mixing "Utah", "Mormon", "Porn", and "Censorhip" to make things much more sensational than they really are.

Have you every met Ralph Yarro? I have. At Brigham Young University, at a discussion concerning CP80 and potential solutions to what is, in my opinion, a scourge of porn that is more available than it every should be. He's actually a decent guy. I'm with him on this one. I gave him a bit of a hard time for the whole SCO-Linux lawsuit, and we agreed to disagree on that matter, but I'm behind him here.

You know, you might be a little more open about your biases and agenda (BYU, where real dissent is not tolerated?). What's the story? What's your slant? I'll be open and honest: I'm a BYU graduate, I'm an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I grew up in Utah (haven't lived there in about 12 years, though), and yet, I'm a Linux fan. But I've met Ralph, and I think he's a decent guy. Technically ignorant? Only interested in profit? I think not. Someone who has seen the effect of porn on the lives of young university students and is trying to find a solution to a vexing problem.

Hmmph. I have an 8-core Xeon with 24GB of RAM sitting under my desk at work. It runs CentOS 5 and is used for CFD simulations. I could get it up to 128GB if I felt like it (and had the research funds) but it's not worth it...

And where is the Apple Tablet PC on which I can use Inkwell?

Egads. "'Mormon' Church of Latter-Day Saints"? It's the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It is interesting, but not so surprising, to find that "about 200" members of the church are leaving over the Proposition 8 issue. That's hardly a large number, though, compared to the more than 12 million worldwide membership of the church. There are always some who will find some reason to leave the church. That is their decision.

I do, however, take issue with your opinion that the leadership of the church injected itself inappropriately into a contemporary political issue. How was it inappropriate? Do church leaders not have the same freedom of speech as do any other person in the United States? Of course they do. They don't always exercise that right. Be aware that the church has consistently kept itself out of politics, the exception being when the political issues concern morals. It is then the right, and duty, of the church to speak out.