Well. A priori. I'm a dedicated legacy OS person. I cut my teeth on command line DOS and then WIN 3.xx (these days that means WFWG 3.11). I drew the line at WIN9x. Hate that beast with a true passion, but because it is the 800 pound gorilla, I have to find some way to accomodate it in the future. So, here is the rub. Linux is a real PITA. Capital PITA. Unbelievably techie and that is bad. I say that because I was a techie in the DOS years. People came to me to do this or that thing that they couldn't do because they were not computer nerds. Like me. I'm no longer interested in being the nerd of the moment. Youse guys have inherited that title. Too bad for you, I'm afraid. Because you have also inherited a mantle of leadership. So, here is the point of all this. I want to run Linux. But I no longer want to be techie about it. I do not care to learn all the command line tricks of the trade. With that opinion, I am now no better than your average newbie who can't figure out what an enter key is. <sly grin> I also do not ever want to run a modern version of MR BILL's monopoly OS. So. This is what I want. I want a flawless, newbie-proof distribution of Linux. In it I want what all MS junkies require. I want WINE up and running with MS OFFICE capability. I want, because I am a dinosaur, DOSemu capability without having to compile this or that obscure nonsense. Just so I can run my ancient apps. What I don't want to hear is any techie superiority. The writing is on the wall for Linux to my mind. I can say that because I've been around since CPM and have seen Operating Systems come and go. Either get transparent or vanish. And since the apps come in MS flavors (be they DOS or WINDOZE), live with it or kick the bucket. just my two cents worth. Nick
Hi Nicholas! If you know this saviour who wrote installation software that will put ANY OS on a box in a way that dispenses with tweaking let us know. Have fun. Stanislaw. (DOS 2.11->win98) Slack 8/2.2.19 user from Ulladulla. Nicholas DeBord wrote:> Well. A priori. I'm a dedicated legacy OS person. I cut my teeth on > command line DOS and then WIN 3.xx (these days that means WFWG 3.11). I drew > the line at WIN9x. Hate that beast with a true passion, but because it is > the 800 pound gorilla, I have to find some way to accomodate it in the > future. > > So, here is the rub. Linux is a real PITA. Capital PITA. Unbelievably techie > and that is bad. I say that because I was a techie in the DOS years. People > came to me to do this or that thing that they couldn't do because they were > not computer nerds. Like me. > > I'm no longer interested in being the nerd of the moment. Youse guys have > inherited that title. Too bad for you, I'm afraid. Because you have also > inherited a mantle of leadership. > > So, here is the point of all this. I want to run Linux. But I no longer want > to be techie about it. I do not care to learn all the command line tricks of > the trade. With that opinion, I am now no better than your average newbie > who can't figure out what an enter key is. <sly grin> > > I also do not ever want to run a modern version of MR BILL's monopoly OS. > > So. This is what I want. I want a flawless, newbie-proof distribution of > Linux. In it I want what all MS junkies require. I want WINE up and running > with MS OFFICE capability. I want, because I am a dinosaur, DOSemu > capability without having to compile this or that obscure nonsense. Just so > I can run my ancient apps. > > What I don't want to hear is any techie superiority. The writing is on the > wall for Linux to my mind. I can say that because I've been around since CPM > and have seen Operating Systems come and go. Either get transparent or > vanish. And since the apps come in MS flavors (be they DOS or WINDOZE), live > with it or kick the bucket. > > just my two cents worth. > > Nick