Because there are literally thousands of free programs available on DOS that
do not yet exist in Linux which are nice to use and which unless you are a
programmer you cannot write yourself. Obviously there is a need or dosemu
would not have been written. As for vmware that costs a fair amount of
cash.
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
> When you have linux, why in hell would you want to emulate dos? (use
vmware
> or something if you need windows / ms-dos prompt)
>
> I don't mean to sound bitchy, but...it's hard not too
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Malka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Linux Newbie Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 6:38 PM
> Subject: [newbie] AGH!! Linux not ready for prime time (OS/2 user)
>
>
> > As someone who does not like to have MS stuff on my PCs but have to
> because
> > of the need of relating to the real business world, I was eager to try
> > Linux. It really is great, especially for an open system. But I
believe
> it
> > still has a way to go before it can be used by the general computer
> public.
> >
> > One example is DOSEMU. I am running Mandrake 7.1 which installs dosemu
> > automatically, but not in a usable form. Whereas OS/2 runs dos
> applications
> > transparently and even a beginner can use them. However the equivalent
in
> > Linux is dosemu which - let's get real - needs experience with
programming
> > to use and is totally useless to a beginner. As installed only a root
can
> > use it. Apparently to make it useable one must tinker with
> > /etc/dosemu.conf and /etc/dosemu.users. Well, a normal PC user could
not
> > possibly understand or modify these files
> >
> > assuming he can find them in the first place. That is another problem.
> > There are numerous configuration files (X, etc.) and they are all
located
> in
> > different places instead of in one directory where a non programmer can
> find
> > them.
> >
> > There are numerous other problems that make using Linux a steep learning
> > curve - which it does not need to be. I am certain it will improve and
I
> > sure hope so, but it cannot improve unless normal PC users like myself
> point
> > out where they see the problems for them.
> >
> > That is the reason for this message which is not meant to start a flame
> war
> > but to point out where newbies need help, get frustrated and abandon the
> OS
> > despite its obvious advantages. I for one, though fairly sophisticated
> with
> > computers but not a programmer, still cannot figure out how to modify
the
> > various files so that
> >
> > 1. a non su can start and use dosemu
> > 2. how to change from the virtual directory dosemu starts in (when in
KDE
> > knosole) to a real dos logical drive (already mounted) where my
> applications
> > exist.
> >
> > AGH!!!
> >
> >
> > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Registered Linux user 183185
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
