On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 11:29:08 +0200, you wrote:
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>That's why I don't understand why all the others have so much trouble with
>it. I have mostly widely supported hardware, e.g. a genuine SB and not one
>of these 66% compatibles, same with my board, nic, scanner, streamer,
>drives, video card and so on, so maybe that's why.
> I don't call W95 "da bomb" of OS, but i really wonder very hard why my
>copy is working so well and all the others don't.
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> That is not really the reason why i shutdown my Linux box after i used it.
>Its pretty noisy and in order to save the environment and engery i see no
>good reason to let it run 24/7 if i use it only once in a while.
Maybe that is the reason. Now put in a PD-CD, a CD-RW, a 5 disc CD
drive, phone line monitoring software to support answering machine,
FAX send/receive and handle switching to another computer program
running 24/7, a bit of Digital Camera input, a high level Text
Processor, throw in a little "public service" like setiathome, a high
resolution printer and a heavy duty Graphics Program and put that box
to work . You will soon discover the origin on the term "With Windows
it is not a question of IF it will crash, but WHEN." Whatever is
messed up will usually be corrected on a cold start reboot (with data
loss) which explains why most Windows users that work a machine hard
are so familiar with the 3-finger-salute and reflex reboot.
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>that on Linux and i'm sick of missing dependencies or 75 MB downloads that
>then are an "unknown tar-archive" or request a file that is available under
>a slightly different name. I bitched about that in dozens of postings to
>the newbie list and Arandir and me came up with the idea to start a
>Software-installation-HOWTO as soon as we have time for sth major like
>that. I think that would be a great support for anyone who uses Linux and
>likes to install something neat like a StarOffice 5.1. I still try to do,
>but i can't even unpack the package *argls*.
I agree and wish you success in your efforts.
Microsoft has, in all of its public service generosity, made available
a CD to update some of the Win98 problems for only $19.95 + s&h.
> It is the same fight with what browser is the best, is it IE, Netscape,
>Opera, net+ or whatever it may be - to me they do all the same, they
>display websites.
I use IE because it has configuarable long history capability that
survives shut down and restart. Last I used Netscape it only had a 5
item history and it was volatile. It may have changed in the interim.
> Gee, some like rootbeer and some don't. You know what i mean ?
>
> Greez
>
> Dave
>
Later
The Jolly Charlie
Your ever cheerful prophet of gloom, doom, misery and destruction.
Seldom wrong, but when I am it is such a plesant surprise.
