Three standard apps in Linux which cost mega in M$
1. sed
2. grep
3. gcc
(+perl I know it's available but it is not there already)
These more than outway all your suggestions with the possible exceotion of autocad (never had a reason to use t so can't comment)
I have been using galeon for about two weeks now. In comapaison to mozilla t rocks. Whenever I fire up mozilla (compiled with no mail, news,debugging) it slows my sysstem down to a crawl. With galeon fast and no appreciable effect
Slashdot Mirror
store.linuxjournal.com has no dns so cannot be looked up by netcraft
ie: it is a part of linuxjournal.com
So please check your facts before ou flame
BTW this is far ilder than I was going to post
and before you respond to my sig I adminster a NT network and so I know it is shite
Exactly what do you have to do on the command line that you can do easly on windows
Probably about 75% of the tie it auto configured (probably ore on mandrake)
Have you tried typing galeon from a terminal and see what output you get
I turned off java and it cae straight up
think java is still a problem in mozilla
Duh - its for downloads (ie ftp) The word transfer is a clue
Off the top of my head the following major free tools are superior perl, sed , bash, grep
Depends on the video card same as linux
Admittedly even though I'm not a programer I am a bit of a geek (there is a difference)
As regards the argument re MS v Linux ease of Use
This term means a multitude of things.
IMHO ease of use in Linux is better - the reason:
Linux s portrayed as havng a steep learning cuve -yes but at least it has one
In windows (inc NT) once you get past the very basic stuff, especially if you never used dos, the learnng curve is nearly vertical
In addition the learnng style of linux teaches you about the fundaentals of a subject not just what you need to know now
Overall in my experience the motto of perl is very apt "make smple things easy and difficult things possible"
Before I saw the light I installed SO on windows and liked it loads
On linux it sucks
Windows is NOT point and click for a newbie
The average newbie needs loads of handholding - same as linux
Alos how any newbies install a printer let alone a NIC
Go back and look at your BSOD
Used indows/dos for years dscovered linux and go into windows f they absolutely have to (usually at work)
Amusing concept
Three standard apps in Linux which cost mega in M$ 1. sed 2. grep 3. gcc (+perl I know it's available but it is not there already) These more than outway all your suggestions with the possible exceotion of autocad (never had a reason to use t so can't comment)
but then galeon appeared and I have to agree it is awesome. Mozilla is unusable on my pc due to the memory footprint - everything else just crawls.
With galeon really really fast no appreciable effect on other apps (48mb mem 300mhz machine) This is the browser we have been waiting for on gnome.
Sure you have the bulk that is mozilla but basically it just sits there.
couln't resist!!
the reason explorer loads instantly in M$ is that it is already loaded - which is why it takes so long to boot up
Also this may be heretical but am I the only person who does not think gmc sucks
My opinion is it is fast does cool stuff lke shoing me contents of tar/rp files installs rp's from gmc
Useful stuff not crap features that you ca't turn off (eg most of what's in explorer)
You have gotta be doing sommat wrong I run mainly gnome on a cyrix 300 and trust me explorer is not faster than kfm (I look at kde now and then)
Aside from the fact that France!= Europe, didn't the term Pork barrel politics come from stateside
Definitely should - using it now.
/usr/local
Installation
get a build of mozilla
copy to
pull rpm from website http://galeon.sourceforge.net (I think), rpm -i etc
In gnome at least it puts itself on the internet menu
You missed spruce - I use it at home and at work (dual booting NT). know it is not much but kicks outlook/exchange's ass
I have been using galeon for about two weeks now. In comapaison to mozilla t rocks. Whenever I fire up mozilla (compiled with no mail, news,debugging) it slows my sysstem down to a crawl. With galeon fast and no appreciable effect