From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Proulx Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [solved] Re: How to uninstall Emacs? Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:16:16 -0600 Message-ID: <20150416150637449272278@bob.proulx.com> References: <878ue21nkc.fsf@gmail.com> <87fv88q4t5.fsf@debian.uxu> <87sic6stcg.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <20150411125610231765777@bob.proulx.com> <87lhhx7f6s.fsf@gmail.com> <874mojtxx5.fsf@debian.uxu> <20150415152734176578287@bob.proulx.com> <87twwgaxrm.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429218997 12724 80.91.229.3 (16 Apr 2015 21:16:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:16:37 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 16 23:16:32 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Yir9E-00069Z-7H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:16:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38621 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yir9D-0003Sj-7J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:16:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59756) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yir93-0003S9-3d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:16:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yir8z-0007uv-PS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:16:21 -0400 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:43641) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yir8z-0007um-I9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:16:17 -0400 Original-Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1411221230 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:16:17 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 011A32DC42; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:16:16 -0600 (MDT) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87twwgaxrm.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 216.17.153.58 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103766 Archived-At: Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I've been using Debian for nine years now and have never thought nor > do I think to change. After nine years you would be considered a seasoned veteran! :-) > Sid difficult to use? Perhaps, but I want to try. And learn at my > own risk. Then please go for it! Don't let me talk you out of it. :-) It can be a firehose of information, lots of it, but I suggest that as a Sid Unstable user monitor the debian-user@lists.debian.org mailing list. This can be read through the web archives as well as through a standard email reader. Jessie 8 is due to be released April 25th. At that time there will be a lot of changes happening for the next few months. Don't be shy about asking questions about Unstable or Testing there as that is the place to do it. For the most part other people will hit the problems first and talk about it and one can simply read the information there first and be forewarned about it. > Also Linux instead of Windows was difficult, also plain TeX instead > of LaTeX, also Emacs instead of any other text editor were difficult > to use and they discouraged me to do so, but I've been using all > them for many years now and am happy with them. With Debian Sid I > will see. Maybe I'll get back to Stable, maybe not. The best thing about working at the levels that you describe above is that you know how everything works. You get to understand it all. When something breaks you get to fix it and by doing so gain the experience to do something more difficult next time. I also suggest that people keep a journey log of their travels through the system. Memory is a fickle thing. Confirmation bias is always skewing our beliefs. The palest ink is better than the strongest memory. Keeping data on the reality can keep us objective. Bob