[CLUE-Tech] Goodness... a bit of geeky prose.

Cyberclops Cyberclops at hawaii.rr.com
Tue May 29 15:55:06 MDT 2001


Personally I like the feel of an OS that actually works without tons of strange
error messages that actually don't point to the true problem.  Plus you are not
at the mercy of Bill Gates and his secret code.

"David L. Willson" wrote:

> I frequently find myself wondering why, as a Windows expert, I continue to
> be attracted to this confusticated mule of an OS.  Why, when I have achieved
> near-mastery of the Windows family, with it's ease-of-use and popularity, do
> I continue to slam my head against the cold black stone of the Linux command
> line interface?
> There is something pure, good, almost holy, about finding the one line in
> the one configuration file, that solves the problem.  It is good to know
> that I know exactly what happened within every component, because I was the
> one who made the changes.
> Today, I have slain the dragon...  Well OK, I knocked it out long enough to
> run to a safe distance.  The mis-configuration which prevented my
> Linux-to-W2000-over-Samba backups from processing is gone...  My hands feel
> good.
>
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