Mail Archives: opendos/1997/03/20/23:17:59
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, David Cantrell wrote:
> > > 2. It's easier to find a newsgroup than a mailing list.
> >
> > Not really. When I want to find a mailing list, I jump on the
> > web and head over to LISZT, the mailing list search engine. I've
> > yet to find a topic which I can't find on it.
>
> You're the only other person I know of you knows of the existence of
> liszt! (www.liszt.com, for the uninitiated).
Hehehe. Don't ask me where I got the URL from, but I've been
using it for at least 4 or 5 months. It's great!
> > LINUX: What changed from 2.0.27 to 2.0.28? I don't notice anything.
Old line that needs to be removed from my tagline file! Not only
do I know what was changed, but the latest version is 2.0.29 now.
> More importantly, what advantages would using Linux give me? Other
> than the hacking fun of course ;-)
- A true 32 bit multitasking multiuser operating system.
- It's FREE, and 99.999999999999% of all of the software is free.
- It is IMPOSSIBLE TO CRASH. (Unless of course your computer is
misconfigured or screwed up in some big way)
- It has the best possible internet connectivity tools and
software available under any OS. (Non-UNIX based that is)
- It has almost 30 years worth of software available for it, and
can run DOS (DOSemu) and Windows software (DOSemu, WINE, WABI)
- Multiple virtual consoles
- X-windows RULES THE INFINITE UNIVERSE OFF ALL THAT IS GOOD!!
- Built in networking for virtually every existing network
- Built in support for virtually all hardware out there (new
drivers being added by the minute)
- FULL CUSTOMIZEABILITY!!
- Full source code to virtually everything (kernel, all binaries
and utilities, etc...)
However.... It is NOT for the average inexperienced computer
user! It has a large learning curve, many aspects of configuring
and programming are extremely cryptic, it needs TONNES of
configuring. Definate programming background is heavily
recommended. Not that a non-technical non-programmer couldn't
learn and love Linux, just that someone non-technical would be
unlikely to enjoy all the work that is needed to get things all
set up. Fortunately, the Linux HOWTO's and the LDP come to the
rescue!
If you're not a programmer, then I'd heavily recommend staying
away from Linux (at least for the time being).
The best thing of all about Linux is that I freely run as many
programs as I want, in fact many copies of the same program, and
have had as many as 75 programs running simultaneously - all
without any crashes. Crashes are virtually impossible. This is
the MOST important thing of all. I could go on and on about it,
but I wont. I don't push Linux onto people, rather I tell them
how great it is _for_my_own_needs_ and they can do what they
want. Linux doesn't do everything, but from my experiences
it DOES do (everything - 1) :o)
If you're interested more in Linux, email me privately and I'll
send you some small Linux FAQ's.
TTYL
Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
Computer Consultant | Coming soon: dynamic-IP-freedom...
My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html
mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Question: How do you get talkd to work under Linux with a dynamic IP address?
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