----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Achtenberg" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:58 PM Subject: Re: Woohoo!!! > I'm using RH 7.2 Can't get much more current than ahta. Neither CD or > Floppy automounted. The CD will only mount if I have a data not an audio CD > in it and I have yet to get the floppy to mount. Seems the Great RH has botched up another fine distro lol .. please stick to Slackware ;P Nige > > On Wednesday 21 November 2001 07:58 pm, you wrote: > > Most current distributions auto-mount the cd and the floppies for you. > > > > On Wednesday 21 November 2001 19:08, you wrote: > > > If MS is so bad and Linux is so great, how come I am having and had so > > > much trouble mounting the floppy, cdrom and second hard drive and can't > > > get printers to work on the network. All of that happened almost > > > automatically with the Windows boxes. Maybe after I spend a bunch of > > > time learning Linux it will be easier but at this time it is a very user > > > unfriendly system. > > > > > > On Wednesday 21 November 2001 06:46 pm, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I won't join in the thought that their software stinks - > > > > > it doesn't - there are some excellent features and they do keep > > > > > improving it and they usually work backwards and actually implement > > > > > base features by the second or third update/service release/service > > > > > pack. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry. I know for a fact that MS software stinks. Sure there might > > > > be some individual applications from MS that run fine, but as a whole > > > > their software stinks. By software I also include the operating system. > > > > > > > > Some examples: > > > > > > > > The operating system (Win XP) sometimes refuses to recognize the usb > > > > mouse when starting the system. Never happens on my linux box. > > > > > > > > Win XP reboots the machine out of the blue (who knows why). My Linux > > > > box never does that... > > > > > > > > Internet Explorer is a security risk (can't be denied). > > > > > > > > IIS is a security risk (can't be denied). My apache logs during the > > > > last NIMDA outbreak were full of attempted IIS exploits. Sure you can > > > > get a patch from MS, but will it break IIS all together? There first > > > > patch for NIMDA did just that. > > > > > > > > Outlook - need I say anything about this one? > > > > > > > > I run Win95/98/NT4/2000/XP in the shop here for testing purposes. When > > > > it comes to real work I write code on my linux boxes and run servers on > > > > Solaris. > > > > > > > > Speaking of software. Win2k copied their tcp/ip stack code from BSD. So > > > > that is an example of good software. > > > > > > > > As for me, I will not pay money to Microsoft to be their alpha/beta > > > > tester. > > > > > > > > Just my 2 cents worth :) > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >