FreeLists / arachne / [arachne] Re: anybody out there ?

["Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:35:50 -0500, Jason Dodd wrote:

> Sure, dos is faster on the same machine as windows, os x, or linux.  Even 
> when 
> it doesn't appear so, they are all doing more things at the same time than 
> dos 
> would be for the same task.  Although you can make a nice gui desktop with 
> linux 
> that compares quite well with a dos machine in terms of speed.  My dos 
> machine 
> has lots of *nix commands and I'm using a bash shell so it feels a lot like 
> linux but I do miss the multitasking.  I'm looking into some task switchers 
> to 
> see how they'll do but at this point I keep thinking I wonder how I used to 
> live 
> having only one app running at a time.

I prefer multitasking by using two computers, each with only one
task to look after <GGGGGGG>

I have a copy of "The Idiots Guide To Linux" and the CD-ROM that
I intend to install one day.... when I get a round tuit.....

BasicLinux is already installed on this computer, but I never
seem to find time to study it and learn to use it.....

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