On Wednesday 21 March 2001 10:28, you wrote:
> >
> > You make it sound like it was a bad thing to blow away Windoze #;-D
>
> Actually, the only thing I've missed is the control over the laptop.
> Every once in a while the laptop forgets that when I hit the power
> button I really want it to go to suspend mode, and the only control
> I've got over that is from windows.
>
> However, its been what, 5 months since I did the fateful rmruf (and
> I still don't have windows re-installed) so you can tell how
> important this little irritation is to me to fix ;-)
In my case, I have a hardware problem on my laptop that causes Windoze
to BSOD after a few minutes of use - this happens even in safe mode.
The resulting filesystem damage soon made things even worse.
Linux is FAR more tolerant of the situation, and can run for days.
Even on the rare occasions that Linux succumbs, I can use the Big Red
Switch fairly safely thanks to ReiserFS...
The only thing I miss is a NetMeeting clone and support for my WebCam.
This may sound trivial, but I immigrated to the USA last year, and all
my friends and family are the other side of the Atlantic. NetMeeting
sure is cheaper than the International call rates for telephoning the
UK...
Oh yes, and support for the scanner capabilities of my Canon BJC-80
printer...
Other than that, Linux rules supreme here.
> > I think my best 'heart-stopper' was ...
> >
> > The net result was that when the script attempted to cd to that
> > directory on those servers, obviously the cd failed, so it stayed in
> > the root directory. Not the best place to be when the next command is
> > rm -r *
> >
> > Ouch...
>
> For large values of ouch!
>
> Next time, do something like this:
Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing...
I just wish I'd had a camera to take a snap of the Boss's face #;-D
Regards,
Ozz.
