17 Sep
1998
17 Sep
'98
1:36 p.m.
On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Uncle Roger wrote:
And therein lies one of the main reasons I use a GUI
(and would have a hard
time going back to DOS-only.) Yes, it's possible to run multiple
programs/sessions/etc. under a CLI (use to do it with a terminal and a
CompuPro 8/16 under MPM16 -- that was a great system!) but a GUI, with the
ability to arrange windows, cut and paste, etc. is a definite advantage.
Certainly.
One of the most useful aspects of Linux when I was using it way back when
was the virtual terminals. I could switch between something like 32
different virtual terminals and be doing all sorts of stuff on each. Very
powerful, very useful. Its what a computer was intended to allow one to
do with it.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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