He's talking about the cryptic nature of everything, not the power.
--- On Fri, 5/15/09, Leland F. Jackson, CPA <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Leland F. Jackson, CPA <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NF] Trying Debian > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 3:28 PM > Linux/Unix is in a completely > different league than DOS, or windows for > that matter, so the put down of Linux in comparison to DOS > is kind of empty. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > > Allen wrote: > > Worse than dos this is. No wonder it doesn't catch on > > Al > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On > > Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA > > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 7:23 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [NF] Trying Debian > > > > You can become super user in an xterm session, then > start your favorite > > editor from the xterm as root. I like to use > gvim for my editor, which > > I have installed on my Fedora 10. Below is an > example I copied from an > > xterm session: > > > > [lel...@leland ~]$ su - > > Password: xxxxxxxxxx > > [r...@leland ~]# /usr/bin/gvim > > [r...@leland ~]# > > > > > > Regards, > > > > LelandJ > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
