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Message-Id: | <199704281117.NAA24040@grendel.sylaba.poznan.pl> |
Comments: | Authenticated sender is <grendel@[150.254.113.14]> |
From: | "Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl> |
Organization: | PPP (Pesticide Powered Pumpkins) |
To: | Lorier <lorier AT ihug DOT co DOT nz> |
Date: | Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:17:05 +0100 |
MIME-Version: | 1.0 |
Subject: | Re: Usage of directory entries |
Reply-to: | grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl |
CC: | OpenDOS Developer Mailing List <opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com> |
In-reply-to: | <m0wLGUm-000FllC@hn.planet.gen.nz> |
Once upon a time (on 27 Apr 97 at 11:03) Lorier said: > >Have you ever seen a Linux box running xdm at boot? X-Windows by default, > >with a X login prompt (looks a bit like the one in Windows 95 or NT)... > > > > Sure, when Linux is installed and running it's easy to use... But give your > grandmother: > > Win95's hold-your-hand-and-don't-let-the-user-interfere install and reinstall-it-everytime-you-add-some-new-hardware-or-press-enter-where-you're- not-supposed-to - thanx. > Dos 6.2's Feed-me-disks-and-click-ok-occasionly install > OpenDos's "broken" install > RedHats > select-what-you-want-to-install-from-6CD's-You-do-know-what-every-thing-is-d > on't-you? I-don't-know-where-RPM-binary-is-and-to-install-RAR2-I-have-to-install-the-en tire-redhat-dist > Install and SnackWheres You'd-better-know-what-your-doing install Why do you think it's bad? > and which one(s) could she install? Slackware! ;-) ================================================== Stand straight, look me in the eye and say goodbye Stand straight, we drifted past the point of reasons why. Yesterday starts tommorow, tommorow starts today And the problems seem to be we're picking up the pieces of a ricochet...
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