RE: Two Debian 3.0 reviews at Slashdot
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> From: Andrew Perrin [mailto:clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu]
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:40 AM
> To: Jamin W.Collins
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Two Debian 3.0 reviews at Slashdot
>
>
> I agree entirely. And I also think that most of the added
> benefit of linux
> over windows is not available if you just run some office
> suite under X
> instead of under windows. I use linux exclusively because the time it
> took me to learn the real tools -- grep, wc, emacs, perl, latex, bash,
> etc. -- has paid off in spades when it comes to day-to-day
> efficiency. But
> that logic is obscured when you just use, say, koffice under
> X instead of
> msoffice under windows.
>
I hear you -- and I agree entirely. But combining the ease of use of a GUI with the ease of use of power tools like the ones you describe is one of the things that attracts me to Linux most of all, and I still haven't figured out a way to get my Intense3D video card to be recognized correctly by XFree86. :( While emacs is cool, I use an IDE to do my development and also need a working X server to test -- I'm confined to working in Windows at the moment, unless I can somehow justify a different video card from the IT dept...
Erik
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