Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/02/18/14:03:31
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 06:16:21 +0600 (LKT), Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel
<kalum AT crosswinds DOT net> wrote:
>Not mutiltasking it is more likely task switching.
All single-CPU multitasking is task switching.
>For ex just see how
>slow and chunky the multitasking becomes say when you run GCC
>on a large build and then try to open up menu's, run apps etc.
GCC from delorie.com or GCC from mingw.org? (I assume the former.)
Is it related to that "McAfee mouse freeze" problem? (Every time a
DJGPP app is accessed, McAfee freezes the mouse for one second to scan
the program for viruses.)
>There is a superb dos emulator called DOSEmu for linux.
>
>Also there is WINE (WINE is not a emulator) which enables you to run
>windoze programs on linux. Reportedly it is even possible to run that
>bloated mostrosity Office97 under linux thanks to WINE.
WINE also runs some DOS programs.
>Well A _good_ 32 bit OS should be able to handle and terminate any badly
>behaving program gracefully. And gracefully doesn't mean crashing ;-).
>Thats what protected mode is all about, One app shoudn't be able to mess
>with another apps or even the OS's memory and resources etc.
How many of the 63k known bugs in Win2k does this involve?
(Microsoft has committed itself to fixing half of them ASAP.)
>If a dos app can cause a fault in ntvdm and bring the whole system down
>that shows that windoze (because of it's bad design) can't handle a badly
>behaved app very nicely.
Opening itself up to very easy DOS attacks (pun intended).
>BTW when one user complained to M$ about how often windoze crashes he was
>told that "We acknowledge that problem and our solution to that is, we are
>working on reducing the reboot time for windoze"!!!! Typical of M$ won't
>you agree...
I heard BeOS (is not UNIX) boots in 20 seconds...
>On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Chris Jones wrote:
>> But for the average home user, who just wants to do some word
>> processing and play a few games, Windows is the best out there.
>
>Not anymore, see how many users are using Linux. Some PC companies
>actually sell PC's with Linux as the only OS preinstalled.
Penguin, VA Linux...
>Anyway playing a few games and running word processing can be done in DOS
>also..
Games yes (http://depot.allegro.cc) but word processing no. How do
you print from DOS to a winprin^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hpaperweight?
>Hi, I'm a signature virus. plz set me as your signature and help me spread
>:)
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