325xi wrote: > darrenyeats;221135 Wrote: >> I am not saying Linux is as easy as Win/Mac... But if you're reasonably >> technical and curious, then Linux can be seen as an educational >> experience. To use it you will learn a lot about computers in general, >> e.g. networking, security etc which will help with all OSs :-) >> Darren > > :) > I'm more then reasonably technical, and yet I don't understand why > would I chose something that is not "as easy as Win/Mac", when I > actually have... Win/Mac?
Because there are trade-offs between "easy" and "powerful" and/or stable. I have XP machines too and, whilst my desktop PC (a laptop actually) is only restarted for kernel upgrades (current uptime 52 days), any Windows boxes I manage need rebooting every couple of days. Consider another example of "easy" vs. "powerful" - search and replace in a text editor. Simple plain-text search & replace is easy to use, but you are limited as to what you can replace. regexp search and replace is immensely powerful but, ahem, not always easy. For example, say I had a list of CDs in a text file, something like this: Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (1991) Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1991) Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix In The West (1989) Jimi Hendrix - Kiss the Sky (1984) Jimi Hendrix - Smash Hits (1989) Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Concerts (1989) And I want to map them onto their location in my library like this: Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (1991) /music/Jimi Hendrix/(1991) All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1991) /music/Jimi Hendrix/(1991) Band Of Gypsys Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix In The West (1989) /music/Jimi Hendrix/(1989) Hendrix In The West Jimi Hendrix - Kiss the Sky (1984) /music/Jimi Hendrix/(1984) Kiss the Sky Jimi Hendrix - Smash Hits (1989) /music/Jimi Hendrix/(1989) Smash Hits Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Concerts (1989) /music/Jimi Hendrix/(1989) The Jimi Hendrix Concerts Well, this regex replacement expression (actually a vi command) will do the job: %s/^\([^-]*\) - \([^(]*\) (\([^(]*\)).*/\0\t\/music\/\1\/(\3) \2/ R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
