Re: [PLUG] Linux not ready for the desktop

2005-07-15 Thread Kaustubh Gadkari
> Linux not ready for the desktop > http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/008499.html > Methinks it is a case of people making the (oft repeated) mistake of failing to differentiate between "different" and "difficult". Plus, I really thought that the arguments were a bit specious. Kaustub

Re: [PLUG] Linux not ready for the desktop

2005-07-15 Thread Sagar Gokhale
On 7/15/05, Shridhar Daithankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aditya Godbole wrote: > > On 7/15/05, Anil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Read this, an interesting one! > >>Linux not ready for the desktop > >>http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/008499.html > > It should really be "Linux no

Re: [PLUG] LDD

2005-07-15 Thread Sagar Gokhale
> Is it advisable to do driver development in both Linux as well as Windows ? > or one shld stick to any one platform ? Hmm, its like asking, should you learn both python and perl? or just one of them? (quite a silly analogy, I agree, but thats all I could come up with) If you have time to do both,

Re: [PLUG] Text editor for Linux.

2005-07-15 Thread Kaustubh Gadkari
> > As I said before APT is not at a similar level to RPM. It is comparable > to dpkg. Do you mean that dpkg is comparable to rpm? IMHO, even dpkg is better than rpm, but that's me. Dependency resolving systems like APT work on top of the basic > package manager and query the dependency and f

Re: [PLUG] Text editor for Linux.

2005-07-15 Thread Manas Alekar
> As I said before APT is not at a similar level to RPM. It is comparable > to dpkg. Muhaha .. Regs, Manas -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/ma

Re: [PLUG] Text editor for Linux.

2005-07-15 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi I am not quite sure what you mean..but you can configure either so that you don't have to use the command prompt at all (whether you should do that is a different matter). But considering the the problems you had with rpm, try debian. apt will be like a breath of fresh air. As I said b

Re: [PLUG] Strange installation problems ??

2005-07-15 Thread Steve
Hi Yogesh, Yogesh1 Talekar wrote: Hello All I am facing strange problems while installing Linux on my new PC. It is a P-4 3.0GHz, 512 DDR-RAM, Intel 915GV motherborad, 120GB Samsung HDD. I have installed XP on first partition of 20 GB. And trying to install Linux on a second 40GB partition. I

Re: [PLUG] Text editor for Linux.

2005-07-15 Thread Kaustubh Gadkari
Thanks for the good news , I will definately try them out, but please tell which one is more graphical, I mean which one of both use less commandline ? I am not quite sure what you mean..but you can configure either so that you don't have to use the command prompt at all (whether you should

Re: [PLUG] Linux not ready for the desktop

2005-07-15 Thread Steve
Aditya Godbole wrote: On 7/15/05, Anil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Read this, an interesting one! Linux not ready for the desktop http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/008499.html It should really be "Linux not ready for the desktop of those who want to migrate from Windows and expect

Re: [PLUG] Linux not ready for the desktop

2005-07-15 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
Aditya Godbole wrote: On 7/15/05, Anil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Read this, an interesting one! Linux not ready for the desktop http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/008499.html It should really be "Linux not ready for the desktop of those who want to migrate from Windows and expect it

Re: [PLUG] Reliance LG USB Cable

2005-07-15 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
Curtis McCutchin wrote: I have an LG-RD2130 phone from Reliance and would like to possibly use it for my internet connection. I think they want like 800 rupees or something for the kit, so I was wondering if maybe anybody had one (LG USB cable) they don't use any more? I paid 1500 for the offi

Re: [PLUG] Linux not ready for the desktop

2005-07-15 Thread Aditya Godbole
On 7/15/05, Anil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Read this, an interesting one! > Linux not ready for the desktop > http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/008499.html > It should really be "Linux not ready for the desktop of those who want to migrate from Windows and expect it behave like windo