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From: Richard Bonner on 29 Dec 2009 11:40 BillW50 (BillW50(a)aol.kom) wrote: > Some are trying hard to convince me that all Linux applications run on > all distros of Linux. I don't see it as that way, but many Linux > applications only run on some distros. So whom do you agree with? (Snip) > -- > Bill *** As I understand it, it depends on the basis of the distro. Many seem to be Debian based, so I would assume most, if not all, Debian software would run on those Linux versions. -- Richard Bonner http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
From: Richard Bonner on 29 Dec 2009 11:45 BillW50 (BillW50(a)aol.kom) wrote: (Re: wharf rat) > ...speaking about trolling, a quick Google search shows you have been a > professional troll for over a decade now. And an expertised troll in > hundreds of newsgroups. And when you got into Linux, you started to > target Windows users. > -- > Bill *** Haven't Windows users been targets for over a decade now? (-: (Sorry, Bill, but I just *had* to post that.) -- Richard Bonner http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
From: Richard Bonner on 29 Dec 2009 11:48 felmon (nemo(a)nowhere.INVALID) wrote: > On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:22:29 +0000, Richard Bonner wrote: > > felmon (nemo(a)nowhere.INVALID) wrote: > >[...] > >> it would be nice if more Linux apps had 'spit and polish', if > >> they _looked_ neater and more finished. for this reason I love > >> k3b. it is easy enough to burn a dvd from the commandline but k3b is > >> a pleasure to use. > > > >> Felmon > > > > *** For the typical user, I agree. For myself, I want maximum > > performance without the eye candy. > I confess I can't always recall the syntax. > Felmon *** Nor can I, Felmon, so I wrote shortcuts/aliases/scripts/macros/batch-files for *everything*. (-: -- Richard Bonner http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
From: Richard Bonner on 30 Dec 2009 11:03 BillW50 (BillW50(a)aol.kom) wrote: > AJL typed on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:21:57 -0700: > > I was surprised to find that most of the more common DOS > > commands I use to use also work in the Linux terminal window. > Really? Please share. As there were like five basic DOS commands that > were built into Command.com. I'll probably get this partially wrong, but > like DIR, COPY, REN, DEL, and TYPE. (Snip) > -- > Bill *** There were many more than that built into even early versions of DOS. However, if one goes back to DOS 1.0, the internal commands were: COPY DIR ERASE REM RENAME TYPE So if you don't consider the modified names as happened later on, you were only off by one, Bill - and that was an omission rather than an error. -- Richard Bonner http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
From: felmon on 30 Dec 2009 14:49
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:48:58 +0000, Richard Bonner wrote: > felmon (nemo(a)nowhere.INVALID) wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:22:29 +0000, Richard Bonner wrote: > >> > felmon (nemo(a)nowhere.INVALID) wrote: >> >[...] >> >> it would be nice if more Linux apps had 'spit and polish', if they >> >> _looked_ neater and more finished. for this reason I love k3b. it is >> >> easy enough to burn a dvd from the commandline but k3b is a pleasure >> >> to use. >> > >> >> Felmon >> > >> > *** For the typical user, I agree. For myself, I want maximum >> > performance without the eye candy. > >> I confess I can't always recall the syntax. > >> Felmon > > *** Nor can I, Felmon, so I wrote > shortcuts/aliases/scripts/macros/batch-files for *everything*. (-: good job! I tend to keep a little folder with 'recipes' in it. of course, google is a huge notebook! best of the season to you and have a great decade! Felmon |