From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [solved] Re: How to uninstall Emacs? Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 20:58:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5f29e7cb-f178-4eb1-85c7-e2bbc90f2677@googlegroups.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> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429156817 21494 80.91.229.3 (16 Apr 2015 04:00:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 04:00:17 +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 06:00:16 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 1YiayO-0004HT-Je for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 06:00:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35197 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YiayN-0006nK-OI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 00:00:15 -0400 X-Received: by 10.236.53.10 with SMTP id f10mr39197407yhc.17.1429156732408; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 20:58:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.143.99 with SMTP id sd3mr54102igb.6.1429156732370; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 20:58:52 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!j5no1945492qga.1!news-out.google.com!n7ni8399igk.0!nntp.google.com!l13no5714504iga.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=117.195.50.191; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 117.195.50.191 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 03:58:52 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:211479 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:103761 Archived-At: On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 3:15:44 AM UTC+5:30, Bob Proulx wrote: > Emanuel Berg wrote: > > Bob Proulx writes: > > > This is just one of the things that person running > > > Sid Unstable is expected to know. Because Unstable > > > isn't recommended for people who don't. > > > > That is a bit exaggerated especially if we talk > > a computer for desktop use with no indispensible > > service relying on the computer's > > around-the-clock functionality. > > If you treat it as you are suggesting, as a victim system for testing > and learning, then I agree. Play. Learn. Nice word -- victim system. One of the big lacks I find in computer users (and educators) is the need to change hats. There is the victim system hat, the valuable system hat and perhaps many others. We always tend to choose 'my most comfortable hat' not the most appropriate one. The most comfortable Sahara hat is unlikely to be the most comfortable Siberia one