You make good sense Vic. A little tolerance goes a long way :)
Diversity is the spice of life. We are not all alike, thank goodness.
Bambi
Vic wrote:
> Just my 2 cents, I think everyone should have the
> choice to run what os most suitably fits them,
> so that they can use their computers in the
> most efficient way.
>
> Whether someone runs windows, macOS, Linux,
> OS2, Unix SVR4, minix or whatever,
> I noticed that the 3 most popular platforms
> have been Mac, win, and Linux, more software
> is being written for the Linux users, as there is
> already a buttload of stuff being developed for
> windows/dos, mac comes in 2nd, then Linux.
>
> Whenever these 3 platforms are the closest
> to being as equalised as is humanly possible,
> will we have the best cross-compatibility.
>
> Windows works for some, Mac works for some,
> and Linux works for some just to name a few.
>
> I use Linux because it works for me, my
> buddie in town uses mac because it works
> the best for him and my buddie in Idaho
> uses windows because it is what works the
> best for him and they are both still my buddies
> and I am barely affected by what OS they
> use, sure some .exe self extracting
> utilities I have to send to my windows
> using buddie so he can extract the soundfiles
> that I would like, and he takes a copy if he
> wants to also, if I can't use wine to extract it,
> but my wish is for things to become less proprietary,
> (I know I sound like a dreamer, but if I don't
> dream, I die) but when we can all use our own OS's
> and have more 'universal' formats of data transfer,
> it will make things easier I think.
>
> On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > > so here is my final attempt I want a file manager that works just like
> > the one
> > > in corel linux os v1.1 in my mandrake. I want a graphic ppp dialer that
> > does
> > > not give the deamon died error all the time i want a download manager of
> > some
> > > description and I want stability.
> > > More I want somethong that does not require me to try and be what I am not
> > > Iam not a c++ programer or software research and devepement, I am a user
> > and
> > > thats what I do I run my bussiness and I play games and I download
> > things
> > > to playwith then I sort the in network neighbourhood a pass on the good
> > > stuff to the others on my network simply by means of drag and drop or cut
> > and
> > > paste ( quick and efficient)and that is what I do with my pc every night
> > until
> > > 2am.
> > >
> > > Please Dont take this mail as an Insult or as an attack Iam simply stating
> > > the factsas I have experienced them
> > >
> > > PS: excuse the spelling the kmail spellchecker doesnt work properly so i
> > gave
> > > up with it .
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > Chadley Wilson
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > 012 3332276
> >
> >
> > Hey Chadley,
> > I feel your pain! I've spent MANY late nights working to no avail
> > (because of the same reasons you list) and I've gone to bed frustrated more
> > times than I can count. I guess you just have to decide what you're looking
> > for; Windows does offer a lot more indirect support in that everyone uses
> > it, everybody makes drivers for it, and it's available everywhere. Mac,
> > from what I hear, offers much greater stability, much easier to use, and not
> > nearly as many people use it. Linux has tremendous potential, it's free,
> > there are always upgrades available (if you know where to find them) and one
> > of the greatest features - it's fun! Yeah, I know, fun? I've already said
> > how frustrating it can be, what I'm say now is, it's still a fairly new
> > system, and the people that are doing the developing aren't sitting in huge
> > building in Redmond, Washington making a million a year. It's people that,
> > for the most part, have other jobs and just happen to take some of their
> > expertise and share it with rest of us. There is also a lot of developing
> > going on at places like Red Hat, SuSE and Mandrake, but that's not where
> > most of it is coming from.
> > I would suggest this; until you become more familiar with Linux, use it
> > as a dual boot set up on one machine. Pick one machine and repartition your
> > drive into two sections, then install WinNT or whatever as your first OS,
> > then install Mandrake on the last part of the drive. Do your regular work
> > on your comfortable system, then when you have some spare time, just play
> > with Linux. After all, if you don't enjoy it, why bother? If after a few
> > months, you find that Linux is just a waste of time, delete that partition
> > and reformat it as an extended dos partition and move on happily with the
> > blue screen of death (sorry, had to put that in there!)
> >
> > Good luck!
> > Mike
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