Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/27/13:26:22
On Sun, 26 Jan 1997 23:23:35 -0500 Paul Brannan <brannanp AT musc DOT edu>
writes:
>> Anyways, FreeWin95 seems cool!
>> I see it as 2 partitions: one with LINUX and the other with
>freewin95.
>
>Yeah, FreeWin95 seems cool, but what we need is a cool OS that
>actually
>works.
If you're that worried about something working, you can usually find a
way to fix it yourself. Almost every bug in DOS has a work-around
(although they could be rather expensive).
> We need it to take up less memory. And we need it to make
>full
>use of the computer's processing power. Linux works well at this, but
>
>let's face it: Linux is a joke when it comes to the end user. Who
That's just because the average end user doesn't know crap about UNIX.
Linux, AFAIK, is simply UNIX written specifically for the 386 processor.
>wants
>to fool around editing /etc/* files when they can just use the Control
>
>Panel? Now, perhaps this idea seems a little funny, but ****, you
wouldn't believe how much I hate that Control Panel. It's so much easier
just to change a line or two in config files (the problem with Windoze is
finding the right .ini file - I've got hundreds, and they all seem to be
necessary :(
how about
>taking Viewmax and making it the base for an OpenDOS GUI? We can even
If you really want to, why not just write a shell for OpenDOS? That way,
you can put whatever you want in it.
>
>port apps to it, useful apps. I think the only useful app that runs
>under Viewmax is Ventura draw, or something like that. I see some
>potential here!
>
...Chambers
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