My two cents:
Being a brand new Linux user, I still wonder "hmmm why
do I have to mount my CDROM just to use it. Why can't
I just click on a picture or type d:\".
While I am no lover of M$ products in any way. Out of
the box, with no other knowledge of computers,
Winbloze wins hands down in the usability department.
I haven't had a chance to use KDE yet because I still
have to figure out how to get it to connect to my "X
server" and other such stuff. It's a learning curve
yeah, and I welcome the challenge. But even DOS's
command line is easier for a newbie to figure out.
I have yet to have Linux break on me, or hang even.
Being an experienced Winbloze troubleshooter makes me
yearn for something more stable.
Tom Jacobs
P.S. Is there an ls command that will allow the
directory contents to stop at the end of each page so
I can read them?
--- Joachim Holst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On fre, 26 nov 1999, you wrote:
> > "Thomas J. Hamman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote:
> > >
> > > > stable manner. But you have to admitt that
> they have done a great job with
> > the
> > > > installer. Any user can install M$'s OS. Now
> if they'd just stop trying
> > to
> >
> > Gee I hate to knock you off your soap box, but
> just about ALL new mother
> > boards support the self-same boot of CD Rom to
> install Linux AND Win9X.
> > Risking more Flames here...Win98 is MORE user
> friendly after first install,
> > all most all components ARE installed WITH their
> driver's.
>
> OK.. So you mean that CD-Writes are installed with
> drivers ?? All Graphic cards
> are installed with drivers ?? Sound cards are
> installed with drivers ??
> That's a change. The last time I was forced to
> install win98, it didn't.
>
> >
> > Now untill I learn the method to Linux's madness
> for installing programs and
> > WHERE the heck they are after that, I will
> continue using Win98 as my primary
> > OS. But to be fair Linux has many points in it's
> favor, the foremost one is
> > that it is a free OS, and more important...very
> stable.
>
> To find the location of a file, try whereis. If
> Mandrake supports the RedHat
> filesystem scheme, most files will be installed in
> either /usr/bin or
> /usr/sbin. Cinfig files go in /etc.
>
> /Jocke!
>
> --
>
> ....... The free UNIX operating system
> :::' ....... ......
> ::: * ::. ::'
> ::: .:: .:.::. .:: .:: ::. :'
> ::: :: :: :: :: :: :::.
> ::: .::. .:: ::. ::::. .:' ::.
> ..:::.....................::' .::::.
>
>
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place.
Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
