On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 11:03 -0600, Robert Johnston wrote: > A lot of the time, I find on *nix lists/chatrooms, the only way to get > a reasonable answer (That is, one that doesn't require 300 hours worth > of digging through man pages and searching obscure keywords on old > university sites) is to start your question with "Linux sucks! In > Windows I could <insert what you want to do here> easier than > anything! Why should I bother with this back-bedroom OS anyways?", > which will usually get you 30 people giving you a nice, simple > walkthrough of what you wanted to do easily.
Snicker. True, though. > I admit, it's not a nice way to ask, but sometimes it's the only way > to work out what the hell's going on. I mean, whoever thought that > <ESC>wq was an intuitive way of saving a file, and a text editor that > doesn't edit 'til you put it into edit mode? Give me Nano/Pico anyday. People who used WordStar on CP/M machines. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Our computers and their computers are the same color. The conversion should be no problem!" Unknown
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