On Sunday 20 January 2002 06:49 pm, David A. Bandel wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 20:17:32 -0600 > > "Michael Hipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: > > My point is that we need to make this stuff *simple*. Rather than brag > > about how we're able to do hard things. Let's brag about how an ordinary > > joe doesn't need to do hard things 'cause it's all easy (in Linux). > > Before Windoze 98 hit the streets, I had a laptop running Linux. I > remember folks eyes popping wide open when I'd reach over and pop out the > PCMCIA card while the system was running. Then a minute later, pop it > back in and it just worked. The only think I had to do was configure a > few values in the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file. My wireless card > (Orinoco) works the same, but I also have a wireless.opts file I had to > edit. > > I was told (don't know first-hand) that Windoze didn't (does it now?)
Not really, I have on this box both Linux and Wintendo XP. On this box I use a Logitech Inet USB keydoard and a Logitech USB optical wheel mouse. I was having a problem installing COL 3.1.1b2 on this machine so I put adapters on both USB devices and used them as ps/2.. After installing COL and then Mandrake8.1 then SuSe7.3 I removed the ps/2 adapters prior to starting up Linux and since the USB modules were loaded both the keyboard and mouse just kept on working withoout haveing to change things and rebooting. In the mean time I had been in winXP using ps/2 adapters and of coursed logged out. When booting back into XP with both devices using the USB port, XP detected the change and was prompted to reboot the computer in order for the new hardware to function properly > allow you to just pop stuff in and out at leisure. Had to stop it by hand > first, then it would tell you that you could safely eject it. And folks > whine about having to mount and unmount a floppy in Linux. Geesh. > > Now, someone, somewhere may have a GUI way to edit those /etc/pcmcia/*.opt > files. I don't, it would just slow me down. And the edit is a one-time > thing. Done once, forgotten forever. > > So please don't tell me Windoze is easier, because it just ain't true. My > prime example is the registry -- now there's a nightmare. Good grief! if I were to get a dollar ($US or $CDN) for everytime I've had to go through the registry looking for and removing entries that some brain dead uninstall program failed to remove, I'm sure I could buy one heck of a computer system (loaded with Linux of course). > > Ciao, > > David A. Bandel -- Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO) Westbank, B.C. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
