Call me a ludd-ite, but I still prefer dos to linux as a command based shell for an OS. Unix of all kinds has a lot of extra stuff built in designed for being multi-user, multi-taking, running on larger machines, and supporting developers. Single users on PCs do not need this overhead, even if 20 gig hard disks are now common place.
With windows 9x, I could still install about all the features of dos I needed, in a `box box', and such commands as `start' allow one to run windows programs from the dos command line. Dos is more simple, crases less, and is much easier to configure than the complex linux versions (I believe). In this connection, I wonder how feasible it is to configure my shell experience so I do most of my work in the dos box, using the lovely small freeware programs I have come to apprechate, and only occasionally pop up to windows for an internet gui program or two? In principle, I would not need to use explorer, exe as the gui shell, since I only need windows for a single program or two. Any thoughts, suggestions- or is dos in fact really DEAD dead in the minds of survpc folks? To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
