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Linux Doesn't Do Graphics
Oct 16, 2008, 17 :46 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (6172 reads)

(Other stories by Michael Hall)

"Tech triangulation is a simple procedure. You just figure out what you want to know, call the support line three times (making sure you get a different technician each time) and ask your questions. If you're lucky, they all agree with each other. If not, go with the majority unless two of them are clearly dim bulbs and the third is a compulsive "Linux mentioner" who's looking for his crack at moving off the help desk by antagonizing random customers with comments like "It's supposed to work that way, but I don't know... I run, uhhh, Linux.""

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it was just pointed out to me on boycott ...   Great read and scary but   
Jose_X
Oct 16, 2008, 19:56:18
 
> it was just pointed out to me on boyco ...   Re: Great read and scary but   
Carla Schroder
Oct 16, 2008, 20:27:29
 
The installer told him it was "about ten ...   Ten years?   
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