Um...
1, Gates created the first version DOS.
2. Gates wrotes the first two versions of OS/2.
3. OS/2 would still be written by Gates if his head didn't explode and his
greed take take over.
Yes, Linux is not yet a viable all-round desktop OS, and needs quite a bit
of knowledgeable intervention to configure. The Open Source Community is
definitely working on forming Linux into that desktop phenomenon you're
looking for, but these things take time...especially when 90% of the
developers are not getting paid.
There are many different distributions out there which configure different
utilities in Linux very differently. I,personally, have found things in
MDK7.1 that are quite nice...especially the install, and their tweaking of
Xwindows. However, I have also found that my familiar Red Hat looks better
and better as an all-round server. There may be distributions such as
Caldera and Corel that have incorporated DOSEMU better than in MDK... if
that's your main concern.
I have no experience with DOSEMU as I have fled screaming from any and all
DOS apps other than fdisk.
Many of these concerns are already understood...patience....
--Greg
> As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to
because
> of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try
> Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I believe
it
> still has a way to go before it can be used by the general computer
public.
>
> One example is DOSEMU. I am running Mandrake 7.1 which installs dosemu
> automatically, but not in a usable form. Whereas OS/2 runs dos
applications
> transparently and even a beginner can use them. However the equivalent in
> Linux is dosemu which - let's get real - needs experience with programming
> to use and is totally useless to a beginner. As installed only a root can
> use it. Apparently to make it useable one must tinker with
> /etc/dosemu.conf and /etc/dosemu.users. Well, a normal PC user could not
> possibly understand or modify these files
>
> assuming he can find them in the first place. That is another problem.
> There are numerous configuration files (X, etc.) and they are all located
in
> different places instead of in one directory where a non programmer can
find
> them.
>
> There are numerous other problems that make using Linux a steep learning
> curve - which it does not need to be. I am certain it will improve and I
> sure hope so, but it cannot improve unless normal PC users like myself
point
> out where they see the problems for them.
>
> That is the reason for this message which is not meant to start a flame
war
> but to point out where newbies need help, get frustrated and abandon the
OS
> despite its obvious advantages. I for one, though fairly sophisticated
with
> computers but not a programmer, still cannot figure out how to modify the
> various files so that
>
> 1. a non su can start and use dosemu
> 2. how to change from the virtual directory dosemu starts in (when in KDE
> knosole) to a real dos logical drive (already mounted) where my
applications
> exist.
>
> AGH!!!
>
>
> Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Registered Linux user 183185
>
>
>
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