Linux on old laptop - still trying...

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Thu Jun 8 13:53:01 EDT 2006


On Thursday 08 June 2006 1:36 pm, Mark Komarinski wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 12:55:06PM -0400, Paul Lussier wrote:
> > "Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:
> > >   If you're like me and don't want or need a GUI file manager or
> > > icons on the desktop or all that other stuff, that stuff really is
> > > just a waste of RAM.  I suppose there are those who want that kind of
> > > thing. Me, I'll stick with my trusty screen full of xterm's.  :)
> >
> > Or, in my case, a trusty xterm full of screens :)
>
> You two remind me of a developer I once worked with who had a Sun 20
> running emacs in text mode on the console.
When at Cadmus, I used to run emacs just after login and use emacs for just 
about everything including email. Who needs a GUI :-)

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