Re: [ros-kernel] Forward: "ReactOS is too limited"

[Nick D. <nic...@ya...>]

Hi Koert,

----- Original Message -----
From: "Koert van der Veer" <ko...@ic...>
To: <rea...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ros-kernel] Forward: "ReactOS is too limited"


> [snip]
> >
> > After looking through reams of unhelpful (and sometimes contradictory)
> Linux
> > FAQs and other DOCs, I ventured onto some Linux forums where I was told
to
> > "RTFM" (by people with 5 inch thick glasses, a permanent hunch and acne
> that
> > would make a leopard feel jealous, I have no doubt).
> >
> > The Linux command line is unhelpful, unfriendly and unforgiving. Maybe
it
> > was useful in the past (to save disk space, processor power, memory,
etc.)
> > to use an OS with a minimal amount of messages, but times have changed.
We
> > live in an age where the minimum spec processor you can buy (at least in
> the
> > UK) is 1 GHz and systems come with 512MB RAM standard.
> >
> > Linux may be good as a web server. Apache is an excellent program, but
> > people will be able to run the win32 version on ReactOS soon so what
> > possible use will Linux have then? (except maybe as a firewall - wow!).
> >

> You are exagerating here. For management tasks I prefer a commandline over
a
> GUI. A commandline interface is usually easier to design, and is therefore
> often more informative. I really dislike using the mouse, and I feel I am
> forced to use it in a GUI.

Maybe I am exagerrating slightly but I have had some pretty bad experiences
with Linux and one of the Linux Posse's.

I find it easier to do some things command line and some mouse - I've
written some wicked batch files in my time, but I like a combination. The
trouble with the command line is that any app written for it will have it's
own interface, so for word processing, email, news, etc. I find the mouse a
lot easier to use.

> Linux is a perfect server-machine, though it has several disadvantages
> running it as a desktop OS. At home all my files are stored on my Debian
> server, which is also webserver, mail-server, filewall, router, etc... To
> work i use a windows machine. More and more often i find myself working on
> the server via Putty, because of it's wonderfull commandline interface...

Maybe because I was looking for a desktop OS I found Linux to be a bit of
the pain in the arse. I imagine if so many people use it as a web server it
must generally be good at serving. :-)

> What use does a webserver have, wasting it's precious processorcycles on
> maintaining a desktopwindow? I guess the only enviroment that justifies a
> GUI (or more specifict to win32, the GDI) is a desktop machine.

You're right, of course. Novell's NetWare OS isn't that pretty to look at
but it's probably quicker than an NT server.

Regards,

Nick.

--
Nick Date
Bath, England, UK




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