Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 24 Dec 2002 8:30 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2002-12-25 at 03:31, ET wrote: (Quick, what MS windows release number was out in 1990?) 1.0 (End of 8-in-1) ...then there was OS/2 and Desqview and Desqview/X and PcShell, and Quickmenu, Xtree, Norton Commander, DrDOS... That

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 25 Dec 2002 12:05 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2002-12-25 at 10:39, Erik Farnsworth wrote: And anyone remembering Windows 3.0, should also remember GPFs. They were the main feature of the new desktop BG ripped off from Apple's Macintosh. Too bad his developers didn't write

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-24 Thread ET
As a newbie trying linux for the first time, I find it very very frustrating. Nothing is intuitive, and even basic text editors like vi or emacs are difficult to use. I found myself wishing for good old MS-DOS edit. I suggest you install jed then, for your text editor As an experienced

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-24 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2002-12-25 at 03:31, ET wrote: (Quick, what MS windows release number was out in 1990?) 1.0 (End of 8-in-1) ...then there was OS/2 and Desqview and Desqview/X and PcShell, and Quickmenu, Xtree, Norton Commander, DrDOS... -- Wed Dec 25 07:25:00 EST 2002 7:25am up 1:46, 4

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-24 Thread Robin Turner
ET wrote: As a newbie trying linux for the first time, I find it very very frustrating. Nothing is intuitive, and even basic text editors like vi or emacs are difficult to use. I found myself wishing for good old MS-DOS edit. I suggest you install jed then, for your text editor Or use

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-24 Thread FemmeFatale
At 10:12 PM 12/24/2002 +0200, you wrote: ET wrote: As a newbie trying linux for the first time, I find it very very frustrating. Nothing is intuitive, and even basic text editors like vi or emacs are difficult to use. I found myself wishing for good old MS-DOS edit. I suggest you install jed

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-24 Thread Erik Farnsworth
On Tue, 2002-12-24 at 14:12, Robin Turner wrote: snip As an experienced Windows user with 12 years under my belt, (Quick, what MS windows release number was out in 1990?) Hey, I guessed right - 3.0! ( http://members.fortunecity.com/pcmuseum/windows.htm - the rest of the site is

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-24 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2002-12-25 at 10:39, Erik Farnsworth wrote: And anyone remembering Windows 3.0, should also remember GPFs. They were the main feature of the new desktop BG ripped off from Apple's Macintosh. Too bad his developers didn't write the code for Windows 3.0 as well as they did the code

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-24 Thread Robin Turner
Erik Farnsworth wrote: On Tue, 2002-12-24 at 14:12, Robin Turner wrote: snip http://members.fortunecity.com/pcmuseum/windows.htm - the rest of the site is pretty interesting too.) Though I noticed there is a shameless plug for Lindows at the bottom of the page! And anyone remembering

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-23 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 23 Dec 2002 6:20 am, Todd Slater wrote: On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 05:54:46 + Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip And then again, we forget that windows has brainwashed us into automatically doing things their way - brainlessly. For instance, under 9.0 I play Yukon during

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-23 Thread RichardA
On Monday 23 December 2002 03:52, Michael Paul wrote: Oh yeah, and what's the unix command for copy? 'cp source dest' 'cp --help' for the syntax 'man cp' for the manual Also try whatis, whereis or locate, followed by a command or program name. Richard Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-23 Thread FemmeFatale
At 07:39 PM 12/23/2002 +, you wrote: On Monday 23 December 2002 03:52, Michael Paul wrote: Oh yeah, and what's the unix command for copy? 'cp source dest' 'cp --help' for the syntax 'man cp' for the manual Also try whatis, whereis or locate, followed by a command or program name. Richard

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2002-12-24 at 08:49, FemmeFatale wrote: i'm amazed how this threads gone off course :P heh so does anyone have a clue how to get a wireless logitech to work with 9.0? :) - FemmeFatale Fdisk, repartition, re-install. (g) -- Tue Dec 24 12:20:00 EST 2002 12:20pm

RE: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-22 Thread Franki
it... give it a go.. It makes a good file system tool.. even does FTP and stuff if you want. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Kuhn Sent: Monday, 23 December 2002 5:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mice Issues

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-22 Thread erylon hines
On Sunday 22 December 2002 01:25 pm, you wrote: As a newbie trying linux for the first time, I find it very very frustrating. Nothing is intuitive, and even basic text editors like vi or emacs are difficult to use. I found myself wishing for good old MS-DOS edit. Download and install Pine.

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-22 Thread Michael Paul
- Original Message - From: erylon hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?) Download and install Pine. (It used to be included with the Mandrake disks, but due to some issues

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

2002-12-22 Thread Todd Slater
On 23 Dec 2002 17:38:55 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 17:22, Todd Slater wrote: BTW, she is 73 years old. Todd Does she date? (g) Hey, watch it! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com