Re: OT--Win7 and disk partitions

[Raphael Tennenbaum rtennenbaum@xxxxxxxx]

Robert Holmgren wrote:

> (You can't keep a command line guy down! Not
> after 40 years. Only one of my Linux boxes even has X
> installed.)
when I first started messing with Linux a good deal of GUI things worked
poorly or not at all, especially Flash, but these days I haven't seen
any websites the Linux browsers can't handle. I never really warmed to
KDE, but gnome under Ubuntu is quite pleasing-looking and bug-free.
at this point I essentially only use the XP box for gathering RSS feeds
for my (obsolete) Treo smartphone, and photo editing -- because I like
the Nikon tools, plus the external drives and card reader are on the
other side of my office & I can't be bothered moving them.

> and peer at the unprotected code. Whereas in Linux, security is
> at the core, and everything is built on top of that. The right
> way, if you want to be really secure. But it's still a
> PITA/hindrance.)
it is, but I've found it gets to be second nature, almost like saying a
little prayer before perfoming certain tasks. small price to pay for
the ease of recovering from a disaster with a simple reinstall, not to
mention the very real immunity from such disasters.
having got over the learning curve, I'm quite enjoying it. that curve is
certainly steep, it took me several months two of bumbling and trial and
error to get used to this way of doing things, but I'll never look back.
and you sure can't beat the price. free apps, free OS, that work on
generic hardware? it's enough to make a person sound smug.

-rafe t.