I'm curious, what exactly can't you do yourself on a Red Hat box?
Okay, you're right. It probably wasn't a totally fair comment. But I seem to recall that most config files in Red Hat say at the top "Do not edit." I could be wrong (am probably am), as it has been a long time since I have used Red Hat. I simply didn't like it.
But, my basic opinion remains the same: not all users want all the hand-holding. For those that do, I think the efforts being made are great. But for those that don't, well, we don't that stuff forced on us. Therefore, not all distributions should include them.
That's all I was trying to say. I apologize for not saying it clearly.
Do you believe that all Linux distributions should use such a friendly series of dialog boxes in order to attract more users to Linux?
No. I don't think all distributions should include such dialog boxes. Not all users want all the hand holding. There should be different distributions for different types of users.
I'm not comfortable on a Red Hat or Mandrake box because I like to do things myself. On the other hand, those who just want to "do stuff" wouldn't be comfortable with a Slackware or Debian box.
NT on RISC used SoftPC and SoftWindows 16-bit (by Connectix? It's changed hands a few times.) Later on DEC wrote a 32-bit emulator.
That might be what I'm thinking of. I just remember reading that Microsoft bought the DOS emulator in NT, and that it emulates DOS 5. Since NT4 still seems to emulate DOS 5, I assume that it hasn't been updated. But then, no one uses DOS for anything anymore, right?;)
NT on Intel's "DOS VM" came out of OS/2 v1, I think. It emulates some of DOS 5.0's system functions, but doesn't do any CPU emulation, of course.
I also seem to remember that OS/2 v3 was renamed Windows NT at some point during development (and changed to a Windows product, of course...) so you could be correct.
Emmm Windows NT runs what is little more than a DOS emulator. It is DOS in a protected environment
Yes, NT's DOS is emulated. And Microsoft didn't write the emulator, either. They bought it from some company (forget the name) for NT3.1, and as far as I can tell it hasn't been updated since then.
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Okay, you're right. It probably wasn't a totally fair comment. But I seem to recall that most config files in Red Hat say at the top "Do not edit." I could be wrong (am probably am), as it has been a long time since I have used Red Hat. I simply didn't like it.
But, my basic opinion remains the same: not all users want all the hand-holding. For those that do, I think the efforts being made are great. But for those that don't, well, we don't that stuff forced on us. Therefore, not all distributions should include them.
That's all I was trying to say. I apologize for not saying it clearly.
No. I don't think all distributions should include such dialog boxes. Not all users want all the hand holding. There should be different distributions for different types of users.
I'm not comfortable on a Red Hat or Mandrake box because I like to do things myself. On the other hand, those who just want to "do stuff" wouldn't be comfortable with a Slackware or Debian box.
Just my opinion
NT on RISC used SoftPC and SoftWindows 16-bit (by Connectix? It's changed hands a few times.) Later on DEC wrote a 32-bit emulator. ;)
That might be what I'm thinking of. I just remember reading that Microsoft bought the DOS emulator in NT, and that it emulates DOS 5. Since NT4 still seems to emulate DOS 5, I assume that it hasn't been updated. But then, no one uses DOS for anything anymore, right?
NT on Intel's "DOS VM" came out of OS/2 v1, I think. It emulates some of DOS 5.0's system functions, but doesn't do any CPU emulation, of course.
I also seem to remember that OS/2 v3 was renamed Windows NT at some point during development (and changed to a Windows product, of course...) so you could be correct.
Emmm Windows NT runs what is little more than a DOS emulator. It is DOS in a protected environment
Yes, NT's DOS is emulated. And Microsoft didn't write the emulator, either. They bought it from some company (forget the name) for NT3.1, and as far as I can tell it hasn't been updated since then.