Windows 3.1 was in no way crash proof. In fact I can honestly say my time using it was the most prone to reboots in my whole computing experience so far. *danger of heavy reminiscing* This being a experience that started on things like Acorn Electrons, BBC model B's, Amstrad CPC464 and later cpc6128. An ICL OPD, Amiga ST 500, ICL 286, DRS PWS 386dx+387 copro running DOS3.3. Then came the 486dx2 16Mb ram and nearly 1GB of made from full height 660MB and 330MB drives space which dual booted DR DOS and slackware which I recall had kernel 1.2.13 on that whoch donwloaded over a 14400 modem. */danger of heavy reminiscing*
While windows 3.1 was installed on those later machines I avoided when ever possible. Admittedly using the internet involved install a trumpet tcp/ip stack, gopher, archie and mosaic and then of course netscape. I mainly had to use 3.1 in college, we were all allocated with 5 1/4" floppy discs and if I didn't save my work in whatever I used before using any other feature there was a real risk of losing it. Simply printing a doc could cause a lock up. I would reboot... must have been at least 7 or 8 times a day. Then win95 came along and dropped the reboots to one or 2.
These days my work XP machine reboots usually when a security update requires or after a couple of weeks it can get weird. My linux home machines never reboot unless for hardware or a kernel update.
I've never wanted to die so much after listening to the narrative. Talk about taking a long time to explain nothing. "Us computer people" and did you really need to read out the URLs?
4 for the source? Its worth 10 if its worth a sheckle!
Re:Heres the post everyone should read first
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Because one of those browsers resembles swiss cheese when it comes to security. I don't know about anyone else, but I feel unsafe browsing with IE, so I never do.
C'mon man, what terrible "OS" comparisons. You compare a bare bones XP OEM disc with no manual which must be purchased with hardware, against a full professional distribution of Redhat 7.2. Just click on detailed description on the outpost site to see what you get for for your $199.99. Hardly just an OS is it?
Given that info windows IS all that expensive. Check out this manufacturer. Redhat 7.2 pre installed for $29.
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"And as far as making standards, a lot of the new ideas for a browser come from MS. Are they bad ideas? I think not. MS does a lot of things very badly, but their internet browser is top notch - it works better, and encorporates a lot of interesting features not found in other browsers. If they'd release it under Linux, I'd have no good reason to dual boot."
You have to be kidding! Check this for some of the "features" thankfully not found in other browsers.
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Well do what I do, use WWWoffle to go through your proxy and point mozilla/netscape's proxy settings at localhost. It all has the added benefits of no more proxy authourising as it's all done automatically.
So what are you saying? No-one should use software unless it comes from MS? Don't use 3rd party software because it will make your OS unstable? What kind of an answer to the problem is that? What it all boils down to, and is one of the biggest reasons for me, is that no application should be *able* to make the OS unstable. What windows users everywhere have got used to, and what saddens me the most, is how it is accepted that your computer will need rebooting several times throughout the day. The number of times I have heard "Oh it's ok, it locks up like this every now and again, you just have to reboot" Flakey software has got people to accept interuptions like that and pass it off as the normal operation of a computer.
Well it's not good enough for me, and it shouldn't be for anyone else....
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Windows 3.1 was in no way crash proof. In fact I can honestly say my time using it was the most prone to reboots in my whole computing experience so far.
*danger of heavy reminiscing* This being a experience that started on things like Acorn Electrons, BBC model B's, Amstrad CPC464 and later cpc6128. An ICL OPD, Amiga ST 500, ICL 286, DRS PWS 386dx+387 copro running DOS3.3. Then came the 486dx2 16Mb ram and nearly 1GB of made from full height 660MB and 330MB drives space which dual booted DR DOS and slackware which I recall had kernel 1.2.13 on that whoch donwloaded over a 14400 modem. */danger of heavy reminiscing*
While windows 3.1 was installed on those later machines I avoided when ever possible. Admittedly using the internet involved install a trumpet tcp/ip stack, gopher, archie and mosaic and then of course netscape. I mainly had to use 3.1 in college, we were all allocated with 5 1/4" floppy discs and if I didn't save my work in whatever I used before using any other feature there was a real risk of losing it. Simply printing a doc could cause a lock up. I would reboot... must have been at least 7 or 8 times a day. Then win95 came along and dropped the reboots to one or 2.
These days my work XP machine reboots usually when a security update requires or after a couple of weeks it can get weird. My linux home machines never reboot unless for hardware or a kernel update.
Just my serveral cents...
I've never wanted to die so much after listening to the narrative. Talk about taking a long time to explain nothing.
"Us computer people" and did you really need to read out the URLs?
You forgot:
Elvis Elvii
Talk about hitting the nail on the head. Damn where's my modpoints...
My favourite acronym has to be:
Committee for the
Liberation and
Integration of
Terrifying
Organisms and their
Rehabilitation
Into
Society
from Red Dwarf - Polymorph
I'm the real unix owner and so is my wife...
4 for the source? Its worth 10 if its worth a sheckle!
Because one of those browsers resembles swiss cheese when it comes to security. I don't know about anyone else, but I feel unsafe browsing with IE, so I never do.
C'mon man, what terrible "OS" comparisons. You compare a bare bones XP OEM disc with no manual which must be purchased with hardware, against a full professional distribution of Redhat 7.2.
Just click on detailed description on the outpost site to see what you get for for your $199.99. Hardly just an OS is it?
Given that info windows IS all that expensive. Check out this manufacturer. Redhat 7.2 pre installed for $29.
"And as far as making standards, a lot of the new ideas for a browser come from MS. Are they bad ideas? I think not. MS does a lot of things very badly, but their internet browser is top notch - it works better, and encorporates a lot of interesting features not found in other browsers. If they'd release it under Linux, I'd have no good reason to dual boot."
You have to be kidding! Check this for some of the "features" thankfully not found in other browsers.
Well I will find the link then.
Well do what I do, use WWWoffle to go through your proxy and point mozilla/netscape's proxy settings at localhost. It all has the added benefits of no more proxy authourising as it's all done automatically.
For mmx info check out this
So what are you saying? No-one should use software unless it comes from MS? Don't use 3rd party software because it will make your OS unstable? What kind of an answer to the problem is that? What it all boils down to, and is one of the biggest reasons for me, is that no application should be *able* to make the OS unstable. What windows users everywhere have got used to, and what saddens me the most, is how it is accepted that your computer will need rebooting several times throughout the day. The number of times I have heard "Oh it's ok, it locks up like this every now and again, you just have to reboot"
Flakey software has got people to accept interuptions like that and pass it off as the normal operation of a computer.
Well it's not good enough for me, and it shouldn't be for anyone else....