Re: A83: Way OT: emacs, imacs, and unix.
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Re: A83: Way OT: emacs, imacs, and unix.
Nathan Gaylinn wrote:
> Being that I don't like Macs, I must tell you this:
> When my cousin's friend who knows nothing about computers had a problem
> w/ an emac, she called the hotline for help. The first question the guy
> on the phone asked was "what color is your emac?" as it turns out the
> purple emacs are much more prone to technical problems than all other
> colors! Isn't that screwed up? :)
you mean an iMac?
that wasn't what we discussed, we discussed the multi-tool program
just-happen-to-also-be texteditor emacs. (It started as a texteditor, but now,
you can do almost all your computerwork in it. I have heard roumors of people
using emacs as a shell :)
Personally I have nothing against any computerplatform. although the one I have
cursed the most, must be iMacs. (thoose imac mice for example.. must be the most
unergonomic mouse I have ever encounterd. including the VAX mouse, that is like
a sphere cut in half with buttons on. the imac mouse is just to small.. nothing
for a big guy as myself :))
> How would I go about setting up a Unix system? I love the idea of more
> control over the comp, but don't know squat about Unix. Would I need a
> new computer?
You dont need a new computer. you can run some kind of unix-like system on
almost any modern homecomputer (and a lot of not so modern to)
For Linux, check out theese urls: http://www.rethat.org/,
http://www.debian.org/, http://www.slackware.org/ and for BSD systems, theese:
http://www.freebsd.org/, http://www.openbsd.org/, http://www.netbsd.org/.
//Olle
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