Hi!
Yes, I also think so. I cannot describe it, maybe because DOS is (also with
multitasking, 32-bit etc.) so simple, you don't need to compile the kernel,
etc.
And I think, Linux is very good for big networks in firms, but not for home
pc. It is like Unix...
so long, florian
(btw: DOS multitasking exists, f.e. Dr-DOS www.drdos.org)
>On Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:51:3 +0800, Joerg Bartels wrote:
>
>> Please, why did you failed with Linux? Discrib a bit more. For the future
>> I can see no other thing then Unix -right it is not new, not written for
>> only one CPU like the MacOS (-but there was NeXt that was fast and Unix
:)
>> BeOS -do not know, AmigaOS? win2000? OS2? A modern DOS would look like
that.
>> Or SF like Oberon or... What is a OS? What is a computer?
>
>I was anticipating this question, and my answer is still the same
>after almost a year of pondering on the subject:
>
>I'm not quite sure.
>
>The "feel" is too diffrent. I'm not talking about X. I'm talking
>about Linux in its consule mode, where I actually feels more
>comfortable then in X. (Same with Windows and DOS: I rather launch
>a DOS window and do everything from there then from the GUI)
>
>There's something in the user interface that I do not find as comfortable
>as in the DOS command line. The directories structure, the whole "feel"
>of the interface. There's just something in there that cause me,
>after about 30 or 40 minutes of work on a linux shell, to reboot
>back to a DOS season and feel better.
>
>The internal mechanics have nothing to do with it. Infact, it got alot
>of things I wish DOS would have. The slick multitasking, the native
>long file names, high security, and etc'. Its something else that is
>bothering me, and as stupid as it may sound, I just cant explain what
>it is. I guess i'll have to keep on searching.
>
>I think that this is partly related to the "everyday things" remark
>that was posted here earlier. In a reply to that remark, it was
>noted that many people still use linux for those "everyday things".
>
>After trying to do just that for about a month, I gave up completly.
>It was possible to do those "everyday things in linux". But as funny
>as it may sound, it was just not as comfortable for me as in DOS.
>
>This has nothing to do with "nostalgia". I dont get nostalgic about
>stuff such as this.
>
>Maybe its because DOS boot on my system in less then 5 seconds.
>Next, to run the text editor it takes about another second or 2,
>and i'm off in my work. It takes about 1 or 2 seconds to run just
>about anything I need, except for games which take more time to load
>for obvious reasons.
>
>Ofcourse, with proper handling of linux you can get it to boot in
>5 seconds as well, and its programs are also fast.
>
>Maybe its because I feel safer knowning that if the system goes down,
>I can still have an OS with tools simply by booting a boot-disk that
>got everything on it. Ofcourse, you can also do that in Linux.
>
>So, basicly, I have no idea. Maybe its just my head.. or maybe not,
>since it seems that there are many other people around who got
>both DOS and Linux and still use DOS quite alot for things they
>could use Linux for.
>
>"Why people are still using DOS" is like "Why people are still using
>a Mac, when a PC can do just about the same thing, and with more software".
>Its like "Why people still use OS/2" and "Why some people are actually
>keeping their Commodor and Atari and even developing software for it",
>and it has nothing to do with nostalgia, and has nothing to do with
>trying to be diffrent.
>
>My best explanation is this: DOS is an OS. Kapish. I can do on it
>just about everything I need, I am totally familiar with it, and I
>dont need to switch to another OS just to do exactly what I allready can.
>
>I would like to see it "evolving" to have some of the features
>that current OSs got (32-bit, multithreading, multitasking), since
>this can only help my DOS work. And.. thats it.
>
>So all in all - the day we will finally figure out why people are
>sticking to "hopeless platforms", is also the day when we will figure
>another one of those weird things about the human race.
>
> Or Botton
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