<CT> Re: Microsoft discontinuing support for Win3
- From: Alan Grimes <alangrimes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: calmira_tips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 12:23:14 -0400
Brian L. Johnson wrote:
> >Linux is the evil operating system from the 70's. =(
> * Linux was not around in the 1970s. It was invented in 1991
No.
It was cloned from Minix which was cloned from Unix proper (version 7)
which did indeed come from the '70s. =(
> * Linux has a GUI, it is not just a "dumb terminal"
GUI != usability; GUI != usability; GUI != usability; GUI != usability
GUI != usability; GUI != usability; GUI != usability; GUI != usability
> In fact the GUI is far more advanced than anything MS or any other OS
I do not give a rat's ass about the flaming GUI.
DOS, WITH JUST COMMAND.COM, IS EASIER TO USE THAN ANY CONCEIVABLE (MUCH
less actual) GUI UNDER LINUX!
This ease of use does not come from command.com, but rather DOS itself.
> ever invented, cause it is modular,
I don't care because the system that makes it modular is too difficult
to use. (The most recient Linux I had any measure of success with was
Rednux Lihat 5.0.)
> hyper-configurable and flexible.
I don't care because it doesn't address the underlying issue.
> I recommend spending a day surfing up the pages on themes.org and
> looking at the thousands of screenshots there. You will see that you
> can make the Linux GUI look like anything you want it to.
I DO NOT GIVE A RAT'S ASS.
IF I CAN'T USE THE SYSTEM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BECOMES IRRELEVANT!!!
> (A window manager it the modular part of the X-windows GUI that well,
> manages the windows,
I know what a window manager is.
It isn't like I havn't made an honest effort at learning it before
declaring it a nightmare.
> You change the wm, ...
I once did that on a sparcstation 5 back in '96... Not that I ever knew
much about that OS.
> Now consider this: My box is running a web, mail and FTP server, and
> runs X-windows with a rather heavy desktop setup, with Netscape going,
> and has been up, GUI and all, for over 15 days now. Can you say that of
> your Microsoft-based OS?
I have yet to see that kind of performance under linux on my machine.
Netscape crashed and decoupled under linux frequently. =\
That is after a great deal of pain and greif getting netscape downloaded
because the file name was 40 charactors long with spaces...
> As to ease of use, I admit that was once an issue, but nowadays Linux
> with X is actually easier to use than Windows, and it's getting easier.
IT STILL CAN'T BE COMPARED WITH DOS!!! (DOS is many orders of magnitude
better).
> However, I don't think there's anything in the world wrong with having
> to think about your computer and understand what's going on with it and
> why.
Yes and no.
While the accessability of linux can be praised, the workload it places
on the user is much too great. It should be more automated... OOPS!! Its
too complex to be autometed. ;)
>Knowledge is good, embrace it. :)
Yes.
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