> marami pang kulang: full command-line equivalent for administrative tasks > like device configuration, network config (for the built-in routing, > firewall, nat), process control (not just services). no gui can give it > all to you. only command line switches and scripting can. free
I agree, this is one area which Windoze is not likely to address. When something goes wrong. It's easier to fix things in Linux because it gives you access to the internals. GUIfied administration tools tend to slow you down. > free built-in posix-compliant compiler/tools (after all it's competing > with unix right?). I already mentioned Cygwin. Also, NT has had a (largely unused) POSIX layer for quite a while already. > last, it should be easy to interchange general PC parts without > trigerring a hard OS reinstall. XP will refuse to boot say if your > motherboard chipset changes from VIA to Intel (even if the rest stays > the same!) kaya nga na imbento ang drivers eh! bakit bumalik sa jurassic > age? are you sure about this? you mean you have to reinstall XP if you change your motherboard? I thought plug and play solved this a long time ago. Anyway, that kind of sux... but not majorly so. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
