Metric buttload of OS rants... again...

[Allison]

>
>Subject: Metric buttload of OS rants... again...
>   From: Roger Merchberger <zmerch at 30below.com>
>   Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 09:26:15 -0400
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>Rumor has it that Vintage Computer Festival may have mentioned these words:
>>On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
>>
>> > Yes windows today is completely equivalent to the different OS's I've used
>> > on a variety of systems since I started in the mid 70's.  The fact that
>> > Micro$loth has created a bloated giant that self destructs with time is a
>> > side issue.  The open source equivalent Linux is also a bloated giant.
>>
>>Except that it rarely (if ever) self destructs with time.
>
>And it doesn't *have* to be a bloated giant; only the prepackaged versions 
>are. If you want your own, whip out LFS and recompile it *any way you 
>like.* Yes, there are still versions that can fit on a pair of floppies -- 
>no HD required!
>
>>BIG difference.
>
>Yup.
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
>Speaking of whiny people whining about Closed-Source OSs and whining those 
>whiny computers/OSs won't open whiny PDFs...
>
>Who has a version of MicroWare's OS-9 68K that'll run on an Atari ST?
>
>;-)
>
>Laterz,
>"Merch"
>
>--
>Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers
>zmerch at 30below.com


The only thing I like about the linux/unix tree is that we can 
hang Billy G from it.  I'm not a unix sort myself but, having 
used linux (also Ultrix, Freebsd and Openbsd) I can say it's 
solid, compact and latest distributions are fairly complete.
It's biggest feature is it's totally configurable. It's clearly
one of the few OSs out there for PCs that if you don't like a 
feature or it's size changing it is not only possible, there's 
a good chance someones done it for you. The down side is the 
world is so totally PC/wintel centric that you end up running 
msWord and Excel virii and all no matter what.

You know it's a curse when you apply to a linix shop and they 
want a MSword Resume.. ;-p


Allison