On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:10:49, Ray Hogaboom wrote: >Thanks for the info >I am running KDE right now with 6 desktops. This is something I >could not do with windows. Yes this is nice. With Windows XP I >could open many different apps on one desktop and copy and past >between them. But when trouble shooting a computer that is not >working you may not be able to display any thing.
I found troubleshooting nonworking computers a big problem with ms win and a huge time waster. So far, it has not been a problem at all with any of my Linux setups. I'm currently running computers with ML 8.1 and 9.1. But I've had ML6.0, RH7.2, and RH8.0 systems. While I've had individual apps crash or need killing, I've not had Linux itself crash nor have I ever been unable to continue to use the computer. I can't say the same for any ms win system I've ever used. OTOH, I do maintain a Knoppix LiveCD for troubleshooting purposes in case an actual system crash should ever happen so that I can immediately get back into the box. Also, I've always been fairly strict about doing daily backups of user files, and backing up my systems whenever I change them in some way. This has been my habit with every system I've owned, from my first CP/M PCs in the early 1980s. Unlike ms win where the only completely reliable restoration from backups takes place from cloned drives, you can reliably restore installed Linux systems from mere copies. Incidentally, I now use Linux to make full backups of my ms win systems, and those have all been reliably restored. I should mention that I do not currently maintain, however, any XP systems because ms win-platform apps important to me broke under XP and won't run on MS NT systems very well at all. I tar and gzip installed Linux systems (using mc for full directories and file roller when I am picking and choosing what to save), and have restored them on several occasions when I did something I decided would be too difficult for me to easily undo, or when I just didn't have any time to troubleshoot because I was under a deadline and needed the computer to work immediately. That's an advantage to Linux that I really appreciate. I install on one computer and then take that installed system and copy it to as many computers as I need to have the same system (I own and operate a small business and have several employees). It takes only a few minutes, and a computer is ready to use. The tarring and gzipping of a full system can take some time, especially if you wait to do it all at once, but restoring goes very fast. The /dev and /proc directories dynamically restore themselves, so you don't have to copy them. I also don't bother with /tmp :^). deedee --- Registered Linux User #327485 Visit "WordStar & GNU/Linux" http://www.wordstar2.com Also, see the WordStar Users Group http://www.wordstar2.com/cbabbage/wordstar ____________________________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10
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