Hello Maurice.

14 Sep 04 08:34, you wrote to Phil Marlowe:

 MK> Hey Phil!

 MK> Sep 14 09:55 04, Phil Marlowe wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 PM>>  === I mentioned the steep learning curve, which
 PM>>  you confirm. That's a negative. But one thing
 PM>>  among the positive stuff I've heard that sounds
 PM>>  on the mark (and what attracts me) is that you
 PM>>  get back some of the control that you had with
 PM>>  DOS and that was lost with Windows. How this
 PM>>  actually works in practice with Linux, though,
 PM>>  I don't know.

 MK> Yep.  The console has the look of DOS and simular commands available
 MK> to it (where do you think DOS got them from?)

CP/M mostly, that's where it got / for options instead of -

 MK> so those with DOS experience will find Linux easier then Windows or
 MK> Mac users.

it can be set up to be easy to use... but yeah administration often
requires dealing with command-lines and config files.

 MK> Oh well.  Don't ever upgrade your system then.  I see major changes
 MK> everywere that will require relearning.  Even in MS-World.  XP sure
 MK> screwed up alot of Win98 users.  I don't know what the 98 holdouts are
 MK> going to do in the near future when they find themselves totally out
 MK> of step and their systems unsupported.

fvwm95 :)


Jasen

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