From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,345c9fcf5a67a99f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-25 14:36:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!oleane.net!oleane!freenix!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Michal Nowak Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Switching to Linux (was: Microsoft takes on ACT) Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 23:38:14 +0200 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: <4519e058.0205230724.38617c60@posting.google.com> <3CED2E66.DD15C13D@despammed.com> <9ff447f2.0205231909.40170d61@posting.google.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1022362563 7684 137.194.161.2 (25 May 2002 21:36:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 21:36:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: In-reply-to: <9ff447f2.0205231909.40170d61@posting.google.com> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (3) Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: vinnie@inetia.pl List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24797 Date: 2002-05-25T23:38:14+02:00 On 2002-05-23 at 20:09 byhoe@greenlime.com wrote: >Try Linux! You will fall in love with it. I once tried Linux >(OpenLinux 1.2) and I did not quite like it. After a while of mingling >around, I started to love it. I am an advance user nowaday! Linux is becoming good option for wider part of community. It supports more and more devices and is easier to maintain. However, there are still some configuration issues, which require more computer skills and knowledge than non-cs folk has. To force my TV card work with S3 Savage 4 card I had to do some kernel tweaking (and it still is a bit unstable). There is still too much black magic for a typical user. Well, using Linux I may feel a bit like a wizard among "normal" users :-). Hmm, I like this possibility to have whole system under control, where there are no "super-clever" creators which wants to do everything for me. I'm still dual systems user (not exactly - two Linux installations + FreeBSD + Win 95), but the proportions are changing towards Linux. Two years ago I was mostly on Win, but now it is Linux. I hope to switch to Linux/BSD in nearest future. I may miss AdaGIDE, but maybe it will be possible to run it through Wine. To cheer up a bit. Most people after taking some course of using MS Windows&Co. put in their resumes point: "Skill in using a computer", where it should be "Skill in using MS Word & Excel under MS Windows". One day, when I was away, a neighbor of mine asked my Mother, if he can print something urgent on my PC. She let him in, he turned on the PC, and Linux booted up. She told me then, that after seeing all startup messages and landing in console mode he panicked a bit and resigned from his urgent printout... Mike "In the world of machines, virtual machines, dominated by software ... ... a new culture is born"