On Wed February 25 2004 3:30 pm, deedee wrote: > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:10:49, Ray Hogaboom wrote: > >Thanks for the info > >I am running KDE right now with 6 desktops. This is something I > >could not do with windows. Yes this is nice. With Windows XP I > >could open many different apps on one desktop and copy and past > >between them. But when trouble shooting a computer that is not > >working you may not be able to display any thing. > > I found troubleshooting nonworking computers a big problem with > ms win and a huge time waster. So far, it has not been a problem > at all with any of my Linux setups. I'm currently running > computers with ML 8.1 and 9.1. But I've had ML6.0, RH7.2, and > RH8.0 systems. > > While I've had individual apps crash or need killing, I've not > had Linux itself crash nor have I ever been unable to continue to > use the computer. I can't say the same for any ms win system I've > ever used. > > OTOH, I do maintain a Knoppix LiveCD for troubleshooting purposes > in case an actual system crash should ever happen so that I can > immediately get back into the box. Also, I've always been fairly > strict about doing daily backups of user files, and backing up my > systems whenever I change them in some way. This has been my > habit with every system I've owned, from my first CP/M PCs in the > early 1980s. > > Unlike ms win where the only completely reliable restoration from > backups takes place from cloned drives, you can reliably restore > installed Linux systems from mere copies. Incidentally, I now use > Linux to make full backups of my ms win systems, and those have > all been reliably restored. > > I should mention that I do not currently maintain, however, any > XP systems because ms win-platform apps important to me broke > under XP and won't run on MS NT systems very well at all. > > I tar and gzip installed Linux systems (using mc for full > directories and file roller when I am picking and choosing what > to save), and have restored them on several occasions when I did > something I decided would be too difficult for me to easily undo, > or when I just didn't have any time to troubleshoot because I was > under a deadline and needed the computer to work immediately. > > That's an advantage to Linux that I really appreciate. I install > on one computer and then take that installed system and copy it > to as many computers as I need to have the same system (I own and > operate a small business and have several employees). It takes > only a few minutes, and a computer is ready to use. > > The tarring and gzipping of a full system can take some time, > especially if you wait to do it all at once, but restoring goes > very fast. The /dev and /proc directories dynamically restore > themselves, so you don't have to copy them. I also don't bother > with /tmp :^). > > deedee > --- > Registered Linux User #327485 > Visit "WordStar & GNU/Linux" > http://www.wordstar2.com > Also, see the WordStar Users Group > http://www.wordstar2.com/cbabbage/wordstar > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/ >default.asp?SRC=lycos10 This is some good stuff for me to know
Thanks -- Ray Hogaboom
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