daybrown wrote: > > Part of the file management problem in Linux is that there > are so many more files to deal with.
More than DOS, but not more than Windows. I recently had to search through Windows 95 directories for a particular file. It took ages! > the upshot is that I can try out a lot more tools a whole > lot faster in dos There is probably less need in Linux to import a lot of tools and try them out. Most Linux distributions include so many tools in the installation, that you will be very busy just figuring out what you've got. > IF linux has a text mode file manager as functional as DC > or DW, then why is MC the only one I see that comes with > the distros? Because you aren't looking. Yesterday, you claimed that MC was the only CLI file manager for Linux. That was quickly disproved by looking at the Freshmeat site (a well-known repository of Linux software). There are in fact several CLI file managers for Linux. Now, you change your claim to "MC is the only one I see in the distros". This is ridiculous. Are you seriously suggesting that we assess Linux on the basis of what Day "sees"? > From what I have read in distro installs, the CLI is for > geeks. Please give exact quotes from the distros that say this. > And of course, for folks who dont have a sysad who knows > what he is doing in the building, the relatively crude > simplicity of dos is re-assuring. You've got to be joking. Most people find DOS very un-simple. DOS is for geeks. > I never hear about people who have to 're-install' DR-DOS in > order to straighten out some mess caused by an app. I've never heard of anyone having to re-install Linux because of some mess caused by an app. Except, of course, for impetuous newbies who blunder into things without understanding what they are doing. Such blunders could be avoided by thoroughly reading documentation and asking questions. Cheers, Steven To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
