From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 179fRK-0006xe-00 for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 01:10:34 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4K5Ac217417 for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 01:10:38 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 01:10:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: interesting experiment. In-Reply-To: <041e01c1ffb9$fa0a0d80$bd49e9d5@microsoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Well, I want to be able to use Linux just like I use Windows, without being > a specialist, without reading a lot of manuals, without learning weeks or > months how to make some settings that I will need to use only once in 3 > years, etc. Linux isn't Windows. The words are as different as Rumanian and English are different. The concepts are also quite different. As long as you insist on Linux being like Windows, you aren't going to get anywhere. You need to throw out everything you think you know about computers and start over. Or, forget Linux. We won't be offended.