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For those, like me, who started their understanding of OS's using DOS commands in Windows 3.1 learning the entire new commands for Linux is daunting. I suppose if I immersed myself in it I would catch on but I just don't have the time.

I have a box that runs Linux Ubuntu that I use in the basement. It runs great. Adding things to it just takes too much time.

I heartily endorse Linux distros though. They seem to be pretty stable and run without any real hassle.

For those, like me, who started their understanding of OS's using DOS commands in Windows 3.1 learning the entire new commands for Linux is daunting. I suppose if I immersed myself in it I would catch on but I just don't have the time.

If you are using linux commands to install your programs you are not using the program correctly, at least if you are using Ubuntu or Mint, the two I have experience with. It's true that you can use commands to do so but there is also an installer that works just fine for that purpose.

Look at linux mint and their software Manager....seems like a nice breakthru...a way to get both 32 and 64 bit versions with much explanation of details is here.... :

[EN] Linux Mint 9 - Linux Identity Office 8

says safe Online payment system.

Price: $14.99

For those, like me, who started their understanding of OS's using DOS commands in Windows 3.1 learning the entire new commands for Linux is daunting. I suppose if I immersed myself in it I would catch on but I just don't have the time.

I understand your concern. I feel just the opposite. I got converted into a zsh user (zsh is one of the common login shells) in the early 1990s and my login scripts have been more or less unchanged since around 1996. I use Solaris and RHEL desktop and servers at work, Mac OS X at home now.

Coming up in a couple of months, I'll be celebrating my first quarter century of running Unix at home.

>For those, like me, who started their understanding of OS’s using DOS commands in Windows 3.1 learning the entire new commands for Linux is daunting. I suppose if I immersed myself in it I would catch on but I just don’t have the time.

“The novice Unix user is always surprised by Unix’s choice of command
names. No amount of training on DOS or the Mac prepares one for the
majestic beauty of cryptic two-letter command names such as cp, rm, and
ls.” - Unix-Hater’s Handbook

>I have a box that runs Linux Ubuntu that I use in the basement. It runs great. Adding things to it just takes too much time.
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>I heartily endorse Linux distros though. They seem to be pretty stable and run without any real hassle.

I dislike *nix for many, many reasons; it’s [IMO] poorly designed [I believe it to be a direct result of being designed in-parallel w/ C].
Personally I’d rather use a well-designed OS using a read high-level language like Ada rather than ones built with the pretend high-level languages C & C++.