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From: Michael A. Terrell on 15 Sep 2008 00:41 Eeyore wrote: > > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > > > Eeyore wrote: > > > > > > I've sampled Linux and quite liked what I saw, especially 4 desktops in Ubuntu IIRC ! Perfect > for > > untidy sods like me. Unfortunately due to a hardware failure elsewhere I had to put > windoze back on > > it. > > > > > > Another day, I just need another case and I can build one more. Got loads of bits. > > > > Don't you have anything like a local Freecycle group? > > > > http://www.freecycle.org/group/UK/ > > Not aware of one round here. Actually there does seem to be one. Thanks. Not sure It's accepting my > Yahoo ID though. Ah - sorted now. It's a good place to get rid of what you don't need, and sometimes you get something you need. -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html aioe.org, Goggle Groups, and Web TV users must request to be white listed, or I will not see your messages. If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm There are two kinds of people on this earth: The crazy, and the insane. The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy.
From: Robert Baer on 15 Sep 2008 00:59 Eeyore wrote: > > Robert Baer wrote: > > >>Eeyore wrote: >> >>>krw wrote: >>> >>>>rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >>>> >>>>>krw wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >>>>>> >>>>>>>I can remember when applications NEVER crashed. >>>>>> >>>>>>Irrelevant. That was then. >>>>> >>>>>And now. >>>> >>>>Nope. Applications crash when the OS does. >>> >>>That was exactly my point. Although nowadays both will crash quite happily. Maybe they >>>should get married ? >> >> Would be the shortest marriage: "..until crash do we part." > > > Actually I had something more subtle in mind. The 'PC' simply runs some rock solid 'desktop'. > The app contains the OS embedded in it. Wasteful maybe but at least there's only one vendor to > blame. > > Graham > > Not too wasteful, because only some of the "services" of the hundreds in WinOSes would be needed, and theu could be put together from (maybe) a Linux Distro...
From: Eeyore on 15 Sep 2008 06:32 Robert Baer wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > Robert Baer wrote: > >>Eeyore wrote: > >>>krw wrote: > >>>>rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > >>>>>krw wrote: > >>>>>>rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>I can remember when applications NEVER crashed. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Irrelevant. That was then. > >>>>> > >>>>>And now. > >>>> > >>>>Nope. Applications crash when the OS does. > >>> > >>>That was exactly my point. Although nowadays both will crash quite happily. Maybe they > >>>should get married ? > >> > >> Would be the shortest marriage: "..until crash do we part." > > > > > > Actually I had something more subtle in mind. The 'PC' simply runs some rock solid 'desktop'. > > The app contains the OS embedded in it. Wasteful maybe but at least there's only one vendor > to > blame. > > Not too wasteful, because only some of the "services" of the hundreds > in WinOSes would be needed, and theu could be put together from (maybe) > a Linux Distro... Could this be a future model for computing ? Graham
From: krw on 15 Sep 2008 22:12 In article <48CD4BC5.2B76E12A(a)hotmail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > krw wrote: > > > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > krw wrote: > > > > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > > > krw wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > The IBM versions of DOS were far better. > > > > > > > > > > Never noticed. Can you give an example ? > > > > > > > > It worked. Remember compression in MS-DOS? > > > > > > Never enabled it. It sounded stupid. > > > > In MS-DOS it was. That's just one example of many (that I've long > > forgotten). MS didn't want to sell DOS. They were off onto > > Winblows. > > I've sampled Linux and quite liked what I saw, especially 4 desktops in Ubuntu IIRC ! Perfect for > untidy sods like me. Unfortunately due to a hardware failure elsewhere I had to put windoze back > on it. I used multiple desktops on AIX. I found it quite useful when I was logged into multiple servers or doing very different jobs simultaneously but never found it all that useful normally. Multiple monitors, OTOH, are essential. Unfortunately that's why I gave up on Linux. I couldn't get it to work on SuSE 10.0 and couldn't get any usable desktop on Ubuntu. Perhaps now that my life is getting closer to normal I'll give it another try. The hardware (my Opteron system) isn't doing anything but taking up desk space. > Another day, I just need another case and I can build one more. Got loads of bits. I have enough for three more systems. I have the bits for an HTPC sitting in the closet too. Haven't had time to even take the pieces out of their boxes. -- Keith
From: Rich Grise on 16 Sep 2008 14:24
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:12:39 -0500, krw wrote: > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >> ... >> I've sampled Linux and quite liked what I saw, especially 4 desktops in Ubuntu IIRC ! Perfect for >> untidy sods like me. Unfortunately due to a hardware failure elsewhere I had to put windoze back >> on it. > > I used multiple desktops on AIX. I found it quite useful when I was > logged into multiple servers or doing very different jobs > simultaneously but never found it all that useful normally. > Multiple monitors, OTOH, are essential. Unfortunately that's why I > gave up on Linux. I couldn't get it to work on SuSE 10.0 and > couldn't get any usable desktop on Ubuntu. Perhaps now that my life > is getting closer to normal I'll give it another try. The hardware > (my Opteron system) isn't doing anything but taking up desk space. I've never had a problem with Xinerama on Slackware. I'm using KDE now, but I've also run fluxbox and fvwm with Xinerama. Be careful, though - Slackware is a computer geek's distro; it's not Aunt Tillie-friendly. :-) Cheers! Rich |