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   Message 133,910 of 134,474   
   philo to philo   
   Re: network manager add'l follow up   
   19 Jun 24 17:35:39   
   
   From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   On 6/19/24 5:27 PM, philo wrote:   
   > On 6/19/24 5:18 PM, philo wrote:   
   >> On 6/19/24 4:58 PM, Mark Lloyd wrote:   
   >>> On 6/19/24 13:12, philo wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> [snip]   
   >>>   
   >>>> I had a ton of fun the other day when I uninstalled some necessary   
   >>>> network functions and could not use use Synaptic to retrieve them.   
   >>>   
   >>> That happened to me once. I've since forgotten how I fixed it, but   
   >>> suppose it involved downloading it using a different computer.   
   >>>   
   >>> [snip]   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Yes, that's why my main machines are setup to dual boot.   
   >>   
   >> I think this was the first time I had to rely on that.   
   >>   
   >> Now I need to figure out how to tell the folks at Ubuntu   
   >   
   >   
   > Did not even remember that I had an account with them.   
   > Logged in and wen to the "leave message" option where I have to fill in   
   > my name and email.   
   >   
   > The spaces will NOT accept text...so there is a bug in their   
   > notification system...why would I be surprised.   
      
      
   LOL, I put my name into a text editor and was able to cut and past that   
   into their box...after that I could enter text into the rest.   
      
   This stuff really make one think   
      
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