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| 22 January 2010
| Mike Saunders
Posted on 01/22/2010 8:39:10 AM PST by ShadowAce
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To: ShadowAce
Sadly, BeOS never made the mainstream desktop impact that its supporters so passionately hoped for. I remember BeOS' final days, when they were giving away copies of the OS for free.
I think I still have a copy around here somewhere, if anyone wants it.
To: streetpreacher
OS’s for very very bored nerds with nothing else to do.
lol.
Some of the Linux stuff looks pretty good. Another plus for linux is they have the Scorched 3D game. dang them.
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:00:26 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: ShadowAce
Thanks. You have just rescued me from boredom death for another few months.
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:01:43 AM PST
by
blogOps
(don't bite me. i'm newbie)
To: momincombatboots
I would like to hear more opinions. For you.
To: ShadowAce
What is this “floppy disk” of which they speak?
To: momincombatboots
I understand your dislike of MS but suggest you have a friend show you Windows 7. I was ready to go the Linux route after Vista, then got a free upgrade to Windows 7 on my new Dell laptop. It’s slick, fast and has yet to crash (3 months on).
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:05:08 AM PST
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
To: Cyber Liberty
Ping to self for later, when I have my Parallels machine....
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:08:19 AM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(Kill them until they stop.)
To: ShadowAce
I wonder if they can write an OS to emulate my beloved TI-99/4A?
:-)
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:12:49 AM PST
by
DemforBush
(Now officially 100% ex-Democrat.)
To: Billthedrill
What is this floppy disk of which they speak? And how long has it been since "floppy disks" were actually floppy?
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:19:33 AM PST
by
thulldud
(It HAS happened here!)
To: ShadowAce
“in Plan 9, even network connections and the user interface can be manipulated via the filesystem.”
Oh, to be able to rm a socket.
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:20:49 AM PST
by
Darth Reardon
(Im running for the US Senate for a simple reason, I want to win a Nobel Peace Prize - Rubio)
To: DemforBush
TI-99/4ANow THAT was a real computer.
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:24:25 AM PST
by
LearnsFromMistakes
(Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
To: tgusa
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:24:49 AM PST
by
Knitebane
(Happily Microsoft free since 1999.)
To: paulycy
In the Amiga days I was a developer on a mini multi-user system that used the 68000 processor. It didn't take us long to discover we could use the Amiga as a workstation on the Alpha Micro and a lot of the code we wrote for the AM system was really good for the Amiga too. It made a really neat color workstation since those from AM were all green or orange. Ah, the good ol’ days of the 80’s!
To: momincombatboots
My first 'personal' computer
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:27:03 AM PST
by
NCjim
("You can't pick up a turd by the clean end", Bob Lonsberry on Obamacare)
To: smith288
Linux/BSD/Unix/BeOS people never knew how to design squat from a UI point of view.That's why they let the XOrg & XFree86 developers do the GUIy bits. The OS shouldn't be concerned with the 'click & drool' side of things.
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:29:17 AM PST
by
dread78645
(Evolution. A doomed theory since 1859.)
To: Knitebane
Just sayin’ that my experience with Windows 7 has been a good one - haven’t been hit with a virus or any malware. It has yet to crash. I’m happy with it thus far.
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:47:08 AM PST
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
To: Dr. Sivana
I knew I shouldn't have given away my DEC tower.
That thing was built like a tank!
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posted on
01/22/2010 9:52:31 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
(You can't ignore your boss and expect to keep your job... www.filipthishouse2010.com)
To: smokingfrog
And no woman who looked that good ever sat at one again ...
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posted on
01/22/2010 10:23:59 AM PST
by
Betis70
(Never Forget)
To: ShadowAce
On my old PC I used to quad boot 4 OSes, Windows, Linux, BeOS, and one called QNX. Ah, those were the days......
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posted on
01/22/2010 10:34:31 AM PST
by
machman
To: ShadowAce
I’d heard of 6 of them. I guess that means I’m not too far gone, yet... :)
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posted on
01/22/2010 10:57:28 AM PST
by
SeƱor Zorro
("The ability to speak does not make you intelligent"--Qui-Gon Jinn)
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