On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 22:17 +0200, Duncan Anderson wrote: > Martell, Larry wrote: > > >On Monday 28 February 2005 09:26 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > > > >>Julie Sloan wrote: > >> > >> > >>Was it harder adapting to XP, or Linux? > >> > >> > > > >It's worse coming the other way. I started on BSD unix version III running on > >a DEC PDP-7 in the late 70's. For the next 26 years I worked exclusively on > >various unix's systems - ATT SVR4, HPUX, AUX, Solaris, etc. For family use > >we have > >always had Mac's. I managed to never once use a windows machine or intel > >hardware. Well that all changed last November. I was forced (because I like > >to eat) > >to take job where I am now working in the wintel environment. This has been > >the most > >frustrating 3 months of my life. A large part of it is my mental block > >against this > >environment, but it's also because windows seems to be random while unix is > >orthogonal and deterministic. I swear I think there a random number > >generator in > >windows and when you boot it that determines how it will function that day > >;-) > >But I learn so much new stuff every day ... and I have managed to bring in 2 > >linux boxes here > >(and I've only been here 3 months!) I just wish there was a list like this > >for windows!
There is! http://list.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pc-newbies My father uses this list for his problems. I have never used it, so if this address is wrong, then let me know, and I will get the updated address from him. HTH ~Lorin > >-larry > > > > > I have to concur with Larry. Windows is a nightmare of frustration for > me. I have been involved in UNIX support for nearly twenty years and > Linux for about nine. I have managed not to use Windows except very > superficially in passing until very recently when my wife bought an > Apple iPod which seems impervious to my efforts to get it mounted on my > Linux box. My only choice at the moment is to run Windows on my laptop > using Samba to allow iTunes to access a directory containing MP3 files > on the Linux server. What a pain! Editing text files is particularly > irritating because my fingers operate in "vi" mode reflexively. > > I also find myself cursing over Windows' apparent lack of consistency in > terms of where it decides to save things. I could go on... > > Fortunately I found something called Cygwin which renders certain > aspects of my Windows partition more congenial. > > My main impression of Windows is that it makes a lot of things > unnecessarily difficult! > > regards > Duncan > > > Plain text document attachment (message.footer) > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________
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