Emmanual - Oh great...I'd rather have the OS I use determined by the
government - Yikes!
Seriously though...I'm sorry that I unleashed my rant and I've learned about
the "clip" key and more...quietly receding back into lurk mode 8^)
MRW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Emmanuel Seyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: Why is RH9 slower than Windows98SE. Any advice?
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 03:44:58PM -0400, MWafkowski wrote:
> >
> > I can use them fine...you give me the resources to get a network full of
> > former Windows/Mac users to use them efficiently and I'll eat my words.
>
> Given the fact that they surely weren't using Windows/Mac efficiently
> in the first place, I fail to see how lack of efficiency under Unix
> changes anything...
>
> Actually, I'm not sure what the point of comparing speed between Linux and
> the Win9x series is. Windows 95/98/Me are mono-user systems, they have
> very little notions of file access rights and they crash WAY too often.
> And Shrike is faster than Win NT/2k/XP.
>
> Seriously, all of these WM are themeable. If you don't like something
> about their configuration, just change it. I'm using the latest stable
> fvwm 2.x with the MacOS X theme on my Imac (it runs Yellow Dog Linux 3.0)
> and I manage just fine using it.
>
> > Your atitude/point of view ("there is something better, faster, leaner,
> > etc. - so learn it") is BS and exacly why the great "migration" isn't
> > happening anytime soon.
>
> Well, there's really not much to learn (at least in the fvwm case).
>
> - Login
> - Click on the mouse button
> - Choose "Theme Management" in the menu that appears
> - Choose "MacOS X" (or any other theme) in the menu that appears
> - Choose "All" (or "Basic Look" or ...) in the menu that appears
>
> and you're done.
>
> The fact that these WM are lightweight doesn't mean that they're hard
> to use by definition. If you're don't believe me, go look at the
> screenshots: http://www.fvwm.org/screenshots/
>
> > The only people going to use desktop Linux in numbers are geeks, those
with
> > the latest greatest hardware and anyone dictated to by some corporate IT
> > department.
>
> Sounds like Germany and Spain have one hell of an IT department.
>
> Emmanuel
>
>
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