I have never received a harsh reaction (haven't been hacked once) after an out-of-place comment, unlike some other distros I've used.

BUT, with over 110 posts in that thread, chances are no one's going to trudge through all of that, or even SEE my newest addition to it, so I am posting it here, as a separate thread, in the hope that those who were SO KIND TO ME in that LONG thread might see it:
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I now realize that this entire problem and LONG, LONG thread was MY FAULT.

My mistake (and your kindness) resulted in all of you spending HOURS and HOURS, trying to help me.

But you were all great! NO ONE ever told me, "Hey, you idiot, none of this would have happened if you had allowed enough work space on your hard drive for the software to work correctly!"

So, THANKS AGAIN, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR EXPERTISE AND INCREDIBLE PATIENCE WITH ME -- and I'm very, very sorry for causing so much trouble.