From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 18 13:10: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.nc.rr.com (fe1.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4181E37BA4E for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:10:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@nc.rr.com) Received: from rdu25-17-233.nc.rr.com ([24.25.17.233]) by mail1.nc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.357.35); Tue, 18 Jul 2000 16:10:02 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 16:07:50 -0400 From: Neill Robins X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.42f) UNREG / CD5BF9353B3B7091 Reply-To: Neill Robins X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <7140013563.20000718160750@nc.rr.com> To: Tim Ryder Cc: Adam , Jason , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The joys of Windows In-reply-To: <20000718195822.16555.qmail@web1304.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20000718195822.16555.qmail@web1304.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello Tim, Tuesday, July 18, 2000, 3:58:22 PM, you wrote: TR> The truth of the matter is that no matter what you are TR> using it is only as good as the person using it. Windows is great for my dad, who write emails, etc. But I find it hard to believe that computers with 128mb of ram and 3-4 applications (email, Netscape, editor) crash constantly and reliably. I don't have time to keep rebooting. TR> Everyone keeps saying that things are easier to do in TR> linux/bsd over windows and then they go on to say that TR> they dont like windows because all that you do is TR> point and click - isnt that easier. If you use a mouse.... Lynx, mutt, etc....You don't even need X.... -- Best regards, Neill freebsd@nc.rr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message