> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Perrin [mailto:clists@;perrin.socsci.unc.edu] > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:40 AM > To: Jamin W.Collins > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Two Debian 3.0 reviews at Slashdot > > > I agree entirely. And I also think that most of the added > benefit of linux > over windows is not available if you just run some office > suite under X > instead of under windows. I use linux exclusively because the time it > took me to learn the real tools -- grep, wc, emacs, perl, latex, bash, > etc. -- has paid off in spades when it comes to day-to-day > efficiency. But > that logic is obscured when you just use, say, koffice under > X instead of > msoffice under windows. >
I hear you -- and I agree entirely. But combining the ease of use of a GUI with the ease of use of power tools like the ones you describe is one of the things that attracts me to Linux most of all, and I still haven't figured out a way to get my Intense3D video card to be recognized correctly by XFree86. :( While emacs is cool, I use an IDE to do my development and also need a working X server to test -- I'm confined to working in Windows at the moment, unless I can somehow justify a different video card from the IT dept... Erik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
