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From: MooseFET on 17 Sep 2008 10:41 On Sep 16, 11:24 am, Rich Grise <r...(a)example.net> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:12:39 -0500, krw wrote: > > rabbitsfriendsandrelati...(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. :-) Right now I'm using KDE3 on my SuSE-11. IMO KDE4 is not ready for prime time and is harder to work with that KDE3. Lately, I have been running Puppy Linux a lot. It is very tiny but at the same time amazingly powerful. I have made a Live CD with Open Office, LTSpice, Qcad, dosemu and a bunch of other stuff. It all fits in 450Meg. The nice thing is that if I carry a memory stick and a CD with me, in effect, I'm carrying my PC with me.
From: Eeyore on 17 Sep 2008 11:26 MooseFET wrote: > Rich Grise <r...(a)example.net> wrote: > > krw wrote: > > > rabbitsfriendsandrelati...(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. :-) > > Right now I'm using KDE3 on my SuSE-11. IMO KDE4 is not ready for > prime time and is harder to work with that KDE3. > > Lately, I have been running Puppy Linux a lot. It is very tiny but at > the same time amazingly powerful. I have made a Live CD with Open > Office, LTSpice, Qcad, dosemu and a bunch of other stuff. It all fits > in 450Meg. The nice thing is that if I carry a memory stick and a CD > with me, in effect, I'm carrying my PC with me. Oh yes, I think I tried Puppy once. There'as a lot to be said for keeping things simple. Graham
From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 Sep 2008 16:54 Eeyore wrote: > > Oh yes, I think I tried Puppy once. There'as a lot to be said for keeping things simple. That's why we keep Rich around. Simple, few moving parts, and once in a while he's actually entertaining. ;-) -- 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: MooseFET on 18 Sep 2008 09:58
On Sep 17, 8:26 am, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > MooseFET wrote: > > Rich Grise <r...(a)example.net> wrote: > > > krw wrote: > > > > rabbitsfriendsandrelati...(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. :-) > > > Right now I'm using KDE3 on my SuSE-11. IMO KDE4 is not ready for > > prime time and is harder to work with that KDE3. > > > Lately, I have been running Puppy Linux a lot. It is very tiny but at > > the same time amazingly powerful. I have made a Live CD with Open > > Office, LTSpice, Qcad, dosemu and a bunch of other stuff. It all fits > > in 450Meg. The nice thing is that if I carry a memory stick and a CD > > with me, in effect, I'm carrying my PC with me. > > Oh yes, I think I tried Puppy once. There'as a lot to be said for keeping things simple. The new version Puppy_400 is far from simple but is certainly is small. It seems to to everything needed. Where I work we have a huge amount of DOS code that is used for various things in manufacturing. Running these programs on something you can run out and buy at the computer store became impossible when XP came on the market. Under XP the serial ports always drop characters and the timing is erratic. The same programs work vary nicely under "dosemu". Back in the days of DOS, programs could run in the "the machine is mine" mode and do all sorts of things with hardware. |