Text 8289, 86 rader
Skriven 2006-12-03 04:24:12 av Maurice Kinal (1:140/13.1)
   Kommentar till text 8287 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
Ärende: Software glitch
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Hey Ross!

Dec 02 22:52 06, Ross Cassell wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 RC> I dont think Wayne has run anything Windows based in many many moons.

I thought he said was downloading qwk pkt's from Doc's via some windows
software.

 RC> But he did get a Bios Virus!

I still don't believe that and said so right from the start.

 RC> Actually PX/WINS, the software run by his sysop, runs quite well, all 
 RC> things considered.

I'll have to take your word on that.  I still don't believe it enough to bother
with that lame OS.  Never did like it ever and never did subject myself to that
hype.  What for?

 RC> It could do a better job creating msgids for Fidonet mail, but I have 
 RC> seen Linux and OS2 software equally as brain dead in that dept.

Same here.  Same with scanning for dupes.  Too much DOS-think no matter what
OS.

 RC> Something Wayne doesnt know but you should, regardless of what 
 RC> platform a program is written for, it is only as good as the skills 
 RC> of its author.

Yep but some OS's know to provide the good stuff right out of the box.  I was
sold on Linux the moment I laid eyes on a 486 running an early Slackware in
console mode.  A math professor's at UVic.  He even fired up X just to show off
but it was the console that impressed me.  Still does even after all the years
and years.

 RC> As I have 3 boxes here, 2 Windows and one Xandros Linux (a deb), I 
 RC> plan on putting Vista on the least used windows box.

Better be beefed up.  I heard it is a bigger pig then ever on resources.  Seems
hard to believe that it could get piggier but that is the word.  That should
bring RAM prices way down which won't hurt my feelings any (ddr2).

 RC> neat setup, both Windows boxes, I have setup with dual lcd monitors, 
 RC> I have them stacked atop another, the top 2 for that other box and 
 RC> the bottom 2 for this one, I use a program called multiplicity that 
 RC> runs on both boxes and it allows me to move my mouse and keyboard 
 RC> control over to the other box my simply pressing shift and running 
 RC> the mouse upwards..

Waste of mice and keyboards methinks.

 RC> Too bad the multiplicity authors done have a version for Linux, but I 

They can keep it.  Don't need it, never did, hopefully never will.  I can run
multiple boxes with just a garden variety Linux - or BSD for that matter -
without any stinkin' third party DOS-think crap.  They can keep their rebates
too!!!  Heh, heh.

 RC> dont spend much time in the Linux GUI anyway, other than to have a 
 RC> copy of tail up in a terminal window monitoring a couple of logs for 
 RC> the fido hub. Most of my linux work is via its command line from a 
 RC> ssh session.

That can work.  I was just using telnet on a trusted lan but am playing with
dropbear lately which is a neat little program along the line of ssh.  Some
University geek in Australia came up with it.  Runs great on the wireless
network here.

 RC> One of the things I found cool with Xandros is it came with 
 RC> Crossover, for kicks I got it to install MSIE v5 and it runs!!<G>

Never heard of it.  I've heard of Xandros but haven't run across anyone whose
tried it in this neck of the woods.  Personally I like customizing Slackware
and have been doing that since my Linux beginnings and now ttylinux as well.  I
want to hack a wireless router but got distracted playing with a wireless pci
card and one of the neighbour's homegrown antennas.  May not need a router as
it turns out, hacked or otherwise.

We know how to have fun here at Kumalockasun.

Life is good,
Maurice

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