Article: Linux is NOT windows

[Carsten Agger]

Pete Ryland wrote:
> Interesting article:
> 
> http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
> 
> Extract: "Linux is Not Windows
> 
> If you've been pointed at this page, then the chances are you're a
> relatively new Linux user who's having some problems making the switch
> from Windows to Linux. This causes many problems for many people,
> hence this article was written. Many individual issues arise from this
> single problem, so the page is broken down into multiple problem
> areas."
> 
> I grinned when reading the comments regarding vi in Section 5a. ;-)
> 

"It's not unheard of for new users to reboot their computers because
they couldn't figure out how else to get out of vi."

--- Yeah, I grinned when I read that too - I did that at least three
times (rebooted a workstation to get out of vi) when first exposed to a
UNIX system years back.

Today, of course, vi(m) is my favourite editor, so that just goes t show
how things change :-)

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