Re[2]: Linux, as a possible TB 'environment' and 'in general' (was: Re: bayesit063.rar bayesit064.rar bayesit065.rar ?)

2004-09-24 Thread Cristina Ramos
Hello Mary, MB> I believe you are right. I was bewildered for months and years when I MB> went from using a two 51/4-floppy disk-drive IBM with DOS 2.6 to a MB> Compaq 4540 with Windows 95. Wow! Quite a leap! I went through Windows 2.? (still b/w), 3.0, 3.1, . etc. -- Best regards, Cristin

Re: Linux, as a possible TB 'environment' and 'in general' (was: Re: bayesit063.rar bayesit064.rar bayesit065.rar ?)

2004-09-23 Thread Paul Cartwright
Hello Chris, Thursday, September 23, 2004, 7:21:28 PM, you wrote: C> Download the Virtual Desktop Manager Windows XP Power Toy from C> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx C> and you can have multiple desktops. litestep, a desktop windows explorer shell replac

Re: Linux, as a possible TB 'environment' and 'in general' (was: Re: bayesit063.rar bayesit064.rar bayesit065.rar ?)

2004-09-23 Thread Chris
Lynn @ 2004-Sep-23 11:27:08 AM "Linux, as a possible TB 'environment' and 'in general' (was: Re: bayesit063.rar bayesit064.rar bayesit065.rar ?)" <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > There are a lot of nice features which I doubt will ever show up in > WinDoze.

Re: Linux, as a possible TB 'environment' and 'in general' (was: Re: bayesit063.rar bayesit064.rar bayesit065.rar ?)

2004-09-23 Thread Paul Cartwright
Hello Simon, Thursday, September 23, 2004, 9:43:27 AM, you wrote: SM> This is a very popular misunderstanding, made by people who have used SM> Windows for a long time. Think about this: You have spend 5 or 10 SM> years beeing a Windows expert, and knows how to do everything. Then SM> you try L

Re[2]: Linux, as a possible TB 'environment' and 'in general' (was: Re: bayesit063.rar bayesit064.rar bayesit065.rar ?)

2004-09-23 Thread Lynn
Thursday, September 23, 2004, 6:43:27 AM, you wrote: SM> but that is the past, and Linux is just as user SM> friendly as Windows - it's just not a Windows clone, SM> but a different operating system where you have a free SM> choice - just like when you want to buy a car. I've found this to be tr

Re: Linux, as a possible TB 'environment' and 'in general' (was: Re: bayesit063.rar bayesit064.rar bayesit065.rar ?)

2004-09-23 Thread Mary Bull
Hello Simon! On Thursday, September 23, 2004, 8:43 AM, you wrote: MM>> Hence, Linux, simply, is NOT "easy", and will never be. (-: SM> It IS easy, if you spend as much time learning it as you have SM> spend on Windows. I believe you are right. I was bewildered for months and years when I went f

Re: Linux, as a possible TB 'environment' and 'in general' (was: Re: bayesit063.rar bayesit064.rar bayesit065.rar ?)

2004-09-23 Thread Simon Mikkelsen
On 22-9 at 15:30 Mica wrote: Hello > Well, it's enough to know that Linux is made by a scientist, for > scientists, and Windows is made... well, also by a scientist (-;, but - > for the *masses*, in order to get a raw picture of differences we are > facing. > Windows is possible to be driven by

Re: Linux, as a possible TB 'environment' and 'in general' (was: Re: bayesit063.rar bayesit064.rar bayesit065.rar ?)

2004-09-22 Thread Chris
Mica Mijatovic @ 2004-Sep-22 9:30:23 AM "Linux, as a possible TB 'environment' and 'in general' (was: Re: bayesit063.rar bayesit064.rar bayesit065.rar ?)" <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > They *completely* differ. Windows is a "ford" and Linux is a roc

Linux, as a possible TB 'environment' and 'in general' (was: Re: bayesit063.rar bayesit064.rar bayesit065.rar ?)

2004-09-22 Thread Mica Mijatovic
***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Wed, 22 Sep 2004, @ @ at 13:16:45 +0100, when admin@ wrote to DZ: > I am sorry to have appeared scathing but in my actual, real, having > tried it out twice,(actually) experience it is not straightforward and > all the online he