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going back to the bicycle analogy, by designing a bicycle with rounder and same sized wheels is a clone of the elliptical wheels? really?

can you explain me the benefit of referring to a folder...

will the world explode if the filesystem is changed?

you are more competitive by offering something better and you do so by listening to feedback not trashing it.

I haven't heard of this, I know that some applications like to install configuration files in weird places but most I have seen follow a norm where they install specific configurations in Program...

Yes how dare I have a different opinion! GoboLinux managed to start at a filesystem and still be backwards compatible. Nothing prevents from developing a small backend program that will "translate"...

ok so what? There are plenty of others who have this issue. I don't have the problem but I don't understand the mission of Ubuntu then why create an operating system in an attempt to spread the usage...

If one is to develop a Linux distro to attract as many people to it and to expand the use of open source software then yes you mimic the best parts of your competitor and develop on them. Winodws...

If the purpose of Ubuntu is to bring as many people in as possible then why would you use more obscure language to describe something?

yes if you know CLI. Some users do need to. I can only speak regarding my work that a number of times would you need to change certain files around.

Having one place where the applications install...

There are users who do care. The fact that the software installs in several places can be an issue to some users.



Never said Windows was perfect but it is better. But please don't tell me that...

do you have some statistic on this? it doesn't seem like it would be that big of a deal to switch over to a different one. having to each users that /bin is where software goes instead of having a...

The file system doesn't make sense, if you are used to the way Windows hides most of the important directories in /Windows. After you've spent several years using a Linux distribution, the file...

I have been using Ubuntu since 6.10 I know it and I myself have no problems with it but the fact it hasn't been changed but Ubuntu is trying to get more users over to Linux makes no sense to me.
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there is still a heavy focus on CLI, the file architecture system isn't friendly at all and the usage of Wine is still annoying to use when you are trying to run a Windows software.

but wouldn't that be done better by tackling some of the larger issues within Linux that tend to scare away many people?

What is the mission of Ubuntu? I am a bit confused on that. Can someone explain?

i did restart it and got this error:


root@mail:/home/server# /etc/init.d/amavis restart
Stopping amavisd: amavisd-new.
Starting amavisd: hostname: Name or service not known
amavisd-new.

...

I used this tutorial to setup to setup iSpconfig postfix courier:

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-10.04-lucid-lynx-ispconfig-3

but i cannot send or receive email:


-Queue...

anyone?

I created two users test@greensevenstudios.com and postmaster@greensevenstudios.com

but after sending some test emails from my gmail account i get this error:


This is the mail system at host...

i commented it out but the issue persists.

here is my postconf


alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
append_dot_mydomain = no
biff = no
body_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/body_checks...

im not trying to send email through gmail's port 25, i am simply sending a message from my gmail account to my test account to see if i can send and receive email properly.

which i cannot and i...

well yes that was pretty obvious but how do i fix it? i don't recall ever touching postfix other than to setup the domain and a user through ISPconfig nothing about authentication?

I followed this guide:

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-10.04-lucid-lynx-ispconfig-3

and installed everything, I tried sending an email to my test account that I setup and I got...

anyone??