Guest Emerald Saint Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 M$ has so many little things in their OSs to keep you trapped in their product line - and also to keep you dumbed-down. I am no power user and no Einstein either but I like to tinker around. I like to know what's going on with my PC and to have control of it. Actually I DO think WinXP is pretty damn cool and I hope I can get by WITHOUT Vista for a long time. But I have a complete distribution of Slackware Linux 10.0 and I'm going to start figuring how to install it today. Also I'm going to get free from these zillion versions of MSDOS commands that don't work with each other (it says: wrong version of MSDOS . . . oops again). I'm going to learn to do everything in FreeDOS. I have a fairly new laptop that has Vista and I don't think I have any use for Vista. I hope we can get by with XP for a while. I'm joining the struggle against Microsoft. I'm going to work within the system like a guerilla warrior. Ok. Time to repartition the drive.
Guest Malke Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Re: Good Bye cruel world Emerald Saint wrote: > M$ has so many little things in their OSs to keep you trapped in their > product line - and also to keep you dumbed-down. I am no power user and no > Einstein either but I like to tinker around. I like to know what's going on > with my PC and to have control of it. Actually I DO think WinXP is pretty > damn cool and I hope I can get by WITHOUT Vista for a long time. But I have > a complete distribution of Slackware Linux 10.0 and I'm going to start > figuring how to install it today. (snippage) I'm not sure why you think any of us would care what operating system you run, but here are some links that will help you with Linux: http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm http://www.linux.org/news/opinion/success_user.html http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php Frankly, of all the distros that will be easy to start with Slack is not one of them. IMO you'd be far better off starting out with Ubuntu/Kubuntu, OpenSUSE (my fave), or even Mandriva. http://distrowatch.com/ Good luck, Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest David B. Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Re: Good Bye cruel world Gee, I hope I don't loose any sleep over this tonight, what will Microsoft do without you as a user? Seriously, why would we give a flyin rats a** what OS you use? -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm _________________________________________________________________________________ "Emerald Saint" <emerald.city@comcast.net> wrote in message news:Tb6dnRzfaMvzW2_bnZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@comcast.com... > M$ has so many little things in their OSs to keep you trapped in their > product line - and also to keep you dumbed-down. I am no power user and > no Einstein either but I like to tinker around. I like to know what's > going on with my PC and to have control of it. Actually I DO think WinXP > is pretty damn cool and I hope I can get by WITHOUT Vista for a long time. > But I have a complete distribution of Slackware Linux 10.0 and I'm going > to start figuring how to install it today. Also I'm going to get free > from these zillion versions of MSDOS commands that don't work with each > other (it says: wrong version of MSDOS . . . oops again). I'm going to > learn to do everything in FreeDOS. > > I have a fairly new laptop that has Vista and I don't think I have any use > for Vista. I hope we can get by with XP for a while. I'm joining the > struggle against Microsoft. I'm going to work within the system like a > guerilla warrior. > > Ok. Time to repartition the drive. > > >
Guest Bob I Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Re: Good Bye cruel world Good bye, have a nice trip!
Guest peter Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Re: Good Bye cruel world ah!! we will all miss your wisdom and knowledge of XP not ot mention your sharp wit and sense of humor. So on that note eh eh .. eh mmmmm .what was your name again??? peter "Emerald Saint" <emerald.city@comcast.net> wrote in message news:Tb6dnRzfaMvzW2_bnZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@comcast.com... > M$ has so many little things in their OSs to keep you trapped in their > product line - and also to keep you dumbed-down. I am no power user and > no Einstein either but I like to tinker around. I like to know what's > going on with my PC and to have control of it. Actually I DO think WinXP > is pretty damn cool and I hope I can get by WITHOUT Vista for a long time. > But I have a complete distribution of Slackware Linux 10.0 and I'm going > to start figuring how to install it today. Also I'm going to get free > from these zillion versions of MSDOS commands that don't work with each > other (it says: wrong version of MSDOS . . . oops again). I'm going to > learn to do everything in FreeDOS. > > I have a fairly new laptop that has Vista and I don't think I have any use > for Vista. I hope we can get by with XP for a while. I'm joining the > struggle against Microsoft. I'm going to work within the system like a > guerilla warrior. > > Ok. Time to repartition the drive. > > >
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Good Bye cruel world "Emerald Saint" <emerald.city@comcast.net> wrote in message news:Tb6dnRzfaMvzW2_bnZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@comcast.com... > M$ has so many little things in their OSs to keep you trapped in their > product line - and also to keep you dumbed-down. I am no power user and > no Einstein either but I like to tinker around. I like to know what's > going on with my PC and to have control of it. Then I'm sure you will enjoy a Mac. > Actually I DO think WinXP is pretty damn cool and I hope I can get by > WITHOUT Vista for a long time. But I have a complete distribution of > Slackware Linux 10.0 Lucky you! > and I'm going to start figuring how to install it today. Perhaps some hours into that you will begin to comprehend why Windows has so much more Desktop market share than Linux. By the way, Ubuntu will probably be much easier to install and likely have much better hardware compatibility. And you'll only have to figure out how to boot from DVD. http://www.ubuntu.org It's not unusual to find serious hardware incompatibilites within Linux distrubutions. I recently went through installations of five or six different Linux flavours on a pretty straightforward basic PC. Only one, Ubuntu, would actually both install and run right away, with the most obvious problems involving the video chip. And if you can't even see the screen to tell if the system actually booted or hung, it's not that easy to make configuration changes. > Also I'm going to get free from these zillion versions of MSDOS commands > that don't work with each other (it says: wrong version of MSDOS . . . > oops again). You've been mixing system folders from different operating systems. This is asking for trouble, but the fault is yours, not anyone else's. > I'm going to learn to do everything in FreeDOS. Which will, of course, have commands that won't work with other OS versions. Including Linux. And it may not give you proper reliable access to NTFS volumes. Most people tend to use computers to run applications to do some kind of work, not to learn to use commands. And many of the apps you'd need to actually use in the real world don't run on DOS anymore. > I have a fairly new laptop that has Vista and I don't think I have any use > for Vista. Again, in the real world, most people use computers to use applications, not to get to use an OS. If the apps you need aren't supported on an OS, there is no reason to use that OS. If the apps you need are supported and run reliably, it's not particularly important what the OS is. > I hope we can get by with XP for a while. XP will be in use for years. A hospital nearby, which has in the range of 10,000 employees, still uses Windows 2000. > I'm joining the struggle against Microsoft. I'm going to work within the > system like a guerilla warrior. Perhaps a better description would be "like a troll"? You might want to start with trying to understand why computers are used, and why it is that Linux has so little share of the Desktop OS market, and why DOS versions are so little used. If you actually want to struggle against MS, you'd need to be providing all the apps that people use for work that aren't available for anything but Windows, and make some other OS as easy to set up and use as Windows. > Ok. Time to repartition the drive. Actually, it'd be time to start learning several programming languages, as you'll have rather a lot of coding to do. HTH -pk
Guest Frank Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Good Bye cruel world Emerald Saint wrote: > M$ has so many little things in their OSs to keep you trapped in their > product line - and also to keep you dumbed-down. I am no power user and no > Einstein either but I like to tinker around. I like to know what's going on > with my PC and to have control of it. Actually I DO think WinXP is pretty > damn cool and I hope I can get by WITHOUT Vista for a long time. But I have > a complete distribution of Slackware Linux 10.0 and I'm going to start > figuring how to install it today. Also I'm going to get free from these > zillion versions of MSDOS commands that don't work with each other (it says: > wrong version of MSDOS . . . oops again). I'm going to learn to do > everything in FreeDOS. > > I have a fairly new laptop that has Vista and I don't think I have any use > for Vista. I hope we can get by with XP for a while. I'm joining the > struggle against Microsoft. I'm going to work within the system like a > guerilla warrior. > > Ok. Time to repartition the drive. > > > One piece of advice: buy yourself a nice pair of bullet proof shoes as you're proly gonna be shooting yourself in the foot quite often. Frank
Guest Homer J. Simpson Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Good Bye cruel world > Also I'm going to get free from these zillion versions of MSDOS > commands that don't work with each other (it says: wrong version of MSDOS > . . . oops again). I'm genuinely curious about this. Which DOS commands are you talking about don't "work with each other"? Have you been copying over .COM files from Windows 95 and trying to run them under XP?
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