> I replied before reading you blog. :-( Clearly you have a limited > understanding of unix type OS's. [not meant in a rude way]
No offense taken. Might even add a "very" before the limited. :-) > Well the unix way sure as hell beats the Vista way! Vista... it's really, really, really, bad... I don't want to get started... On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > 2008/8/15 Reenen Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I cannot second this... 50 years of using cryptic names is now a legacy, > but > > it's not a good one. I blogged about this exactly about 4 weeks ago > > (http://reenenlaurie.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-linux-must-change.html) > but, > > things are the way they are, and I guess it won't change. > > I replied before reading you blog. :-( Clearly you have a limited > understanding of unix type OS's. [not meant in a rude way] > > As Marco point out. From a command line window, please type: man hier > > This will explain in part, the file system hierarchy. Also remember > that unix type OS's are designed from the ground up to be multi-user > systems. Remotely connect to it, or remotely use parts of it. So > certain file system parts (directories) of a company's Unix Box > (server) could be shared amongst it's employees workstations (as if > it's part of there local hard drives). > > Anyway, there are many other really cool stuff the unix type OS's can > do, which might confuse a newbie, but this is where the 50+ years of > unix evolution comes to play. It's quite fascinating to research. If > you have the time, please do so—it's an eye opener. You will > appreciate the power of unix so much more! > > > Regards, > - Graeme - > > > _______________________________________________ > fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit > http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/ > > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > -- o__ ,_.>/ _ (_)_\(_)_______ ...speed is good _______________ I believe five out of four people have a problem with fractions.
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