[Discuss] Firefox with RedHat Fedora

[Murray Strome]

Ken Murray wrote:
> On 1/18/07, David Bronaugh <dbronaugh at linuxboxen.org> wrote:
>
>> Go install kubuntu/ubuntu. Quit whining. Just because it doesn't work
>> the same as Windos/CrackOS doesn't mean it's worse -- you just have to
>> learn it. It is unfortunate that you seem to have difficulty with this,
>> and with listening to the suggestions of others.
>
> I've purposely waited a couple hours before replying in hopes that my
> blood pressure might drop a bit after reading this inflammatory post.
>
> Somebody is having some difficulty with their Linux install and is
> asking for help in a forum that is set up for this purpose.
>
> David, this does not give you the right to be a complete prick in
> response.  You were a newbie once too and should know better.  It's a
> pity that you seem to have forgotten.
>
>
Thank you Ken!

I deliberately did not reply to David's post.  What started me on this 
whole issue was that I tried to upgrade Mandriva to the latest version, 
and in that attempt, my boot loader got destroyed.  I had already done 
as David had suggested: tried to install Kubuntu, but it was unable to 
install its boot loader on either of my hard drives or on the floppy -- 
it just repeatedly failed.  That is when I decided to try Red Hat. At 
least its boot loader did install so I could get a working system 
going.  Finally, with Red Hat I was able to boot into my newly updated 
Mandriva, so I am back on familiar territory at least.  Since I have 
lots of space, I will keep the Red Hat installation around for a while, 
at least until I try the special software I have on Mandriva (which is 
known to work on Red Hat and SUSE). 

For some reason, my original posts on my boot problems (which started 
the whole thing off) never got through to the list. I will do a separate 
posting on it.

I appreciate all the helpful suggestions which many people had made.  If 
my original posts had gotten through, I might have gotten the assistance 
I wanted with the boot loader, and I could have avoided a lot of 
difficulties!

I still plan to seriously try Kubuntu some day.  I will also try to 
better understand boot loaders to more quickly get around the problems I 
had.

Murray