Message-Id: Date: Sun, 27 Apr 97 11:03 NZST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: pierre AT tycho DOT com From: Lorier Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries Cc: OpenDOS Developer Mailing List Precedence: bulk At 05:57 PM 26/04/97 -0400, Pierre Phaneuf wrote: >On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, Lorier wrote: > >> >True, but why wouldn't it be a "real" operating system like Linux is? In >> >fact, we should take as much from Linux as we can with OpenDOS still being >> >DOS! >> >> Ummm.... Linux has the single disadvange that idiots that can't live without >> a mouse take one look at linux and panic. We should try to avoid that... >> make it MORE simplistic... Make it so that "advanced" windows users use >> opendos... and advanced opendos users use linux :) > >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 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? Install and SnackWheres You'd-better-know-what-your-doing install and which one(s) could she install?