MicroSUX! Ahaha ;)
Unix is so cool, it's mind boggling. It's amazing how such a stable OS was created by volunteers! I'm becoming a bonafide geek. Do I get an award or something? ;) -pat On Saturday, September 28, 2002, at 11:33 PM, Philip Stortz wrote: > no, but i have seen the printed manuals for ver V unix, as much as most > people could lift. one of the neat things about unix (and many systems > with an underlying command line, or more accurately an overlying > graphical interface, since unix started on wonderful text terminal) is > that every program becomes a new command, and can be treated as such. > unix will let an advanced user do all kinds of insanely clever and > tricky things just from the command line, it's easy to make a program > run with input from a file, dump that into another file or as input to > another program, and so on until you get dizzy and the data has gone > everywhere. it's cool, i'm looking forward to being a *nix geek, it > was > way cool when i played with it in 91 and 92 (in 91 in an assembly > language class, i actually like assembly language on a good processor, > the other time was just a little playing in my spare time while i was > taking other classes so i didn't get to play with it much). i can't > tell you how thrilled i am that apple finally got on the *nix wagon, > and > open source is just too cool, to everyone except microsoft that is!! > > Pat Szkarlat wrote: >> >> WOW! >> >> Did you click on the link for the alphabetical listing of Linux >> commands? CRAZY! >> >> -pat > -------- > > -- > "Promise me, promise me this day, promise me now..." he asked. "Even > as > they strike you down, you will remember: humanity is not our enemy. > The > only thing worthy of you is compassion...Hatred will never let you face > the beast in human beings. One day, when you face the beast alone, > with > your courage intact, your eyes kind...out of your smile will bloom a > flower. and...on the long, rough road, the sun and the moon will > continue to shine." Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk > > -- > MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> > -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
