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Date:      Tue, 14 Apr 1998 06:27:30 -0500
From:      Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>
To:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Geez -- Linux, Linux everywhere...
Message-ID:  <35334822.EAC1D39D@airnet.net>
References:  <199804140110.UAA04014@nospam.hiwaay.net>

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David Kelly wrote:
> 
> Sean Harding writes:
> >
> > Most of the "Linux users" (maybe lusers) I know are surprisingly clueless.
> > I was once of the belief that if someone is smart enough to shun Microsoft
> > (all hail the King) and install Linux, they must be relatively clued--even
> > if they don't agree with my OS choice. But I know a huge number of people
> > who run Linux, and don't even *try* to learn about it. They alias 'ls' to
> > 'dir,' run as root all the time and use the GUI admin tools for
> > everything.
> 
> That reminds me of one of the things that bugged me about Slackware and/
> or SLS Linux many years ago - first thing I had to do after an install
> is remove those #%$^@ pre-installed DOSism aliases.
>

Funny, after installing FreeBSD I found it necessary to write DOS
batchfiles to perform the DOS equivalent of the UN*X command. The
tendency to type "ls -la" is so strong.... :-)
-- 

Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>
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TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.

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