Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:18:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The joys of Windows Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007181312300.25933-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <20000718165600.13757.qmail@web1304.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Tim Ryder wrote: >I dont see why everyone here hates windows. I am a >linux/bsd/windows user at home and windows user at >work. When I am home i use linux because it is >interesting, not because it is better, because it >really isnt better. When I go to work I use window >because its time to get some real work done. This is *freebsd*-chat@*freebsd*.org. I think there would be no better place for it, serious or not. Its chat. Its not an article in Windows Magazine, Its not ZD-net, its not Slashdot, its a chat forum. I thought the article was funny on one side and alarming on the other because some of us have a windows machine around and might run into it. =20 > =20 >All this talk about bsd and linux being better than >windows is bullshit. I have windows 2000 and when I >do anything on FreeBSD or Linux, it is always slower >then when I do it on windows and now with win 2000 >out, windows even has better memory management. Got Benchmarks ? I thought so.=20 By the way, my FreeBSD machine does not consume over 64 megs of memory upon bootup. Do you have some tips for us on how to make win 2000 not do so?=20 > >I like linux and freebsd, but I also know that right >now for the desktop and home use, windows 2000 is by >far the better option. I really hope that BSD or Linux >someday is better than windows and then I will use >them for everything, but until then you just cant beat >windows. I can.=20 1:02PM up 63 days, 13:46, 9 users, load averages: 1.31, 1.25, 1.31 1:04PM up 196 days, 14:28, 1 user, load averages: 0.08, 0.05, 0.00 > >Tim Ryder >Developer > > >--- Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote: >> ----- Forwarded message from dan@shearer.org ----- >>=20 >> > Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 09:32:50 +0930 (CST) >> > To: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au >> > >> > Or, "additional query words remove disappear >> delete". >> > >> > Someone just posted to the Samba team along the >> following lines: "I >> > thought I would store my W2K Roaming Profile on my >> Samba server, just to >> > make me feel safer. Everything worked perfectly. >> Then I went to log off, >> > but it was taking forever. Then I noticed my Linux >> server's hard drive >> > light! After a quick check I switched off the >> power and then restarted in >> > single user mode. Large amounts of my home >> directory were gone!" >> > >> > For the information of readers who run mixed >> environments, and also for >> > anyone who likes a good laugh, here is the >> Microsoft Knowledgebase >> > article about the above situation. You don't need >> Samba to make it happen. >> > >> > =20 >> >http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q182/0/79.ASP?LN=3DEN-US&= SD=3Dgn&FR=3D0 >> > >> > Files Deleted from Home Directory on Logoff >> > >> > The information in this article applies to: >> > >> > Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 >> > Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise >> Edition version 4.0 >> > Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 >> > Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional >> > Microsoft Windows 2000 Server >> > Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server >> > >> > SYMPTOMS >> > >> > When a user logs off, all files in the home >> directory are deleted. >> > >> > >> > CAUSE >> > >> > Having both a Home Directory and Roaming Profile >> set to the same path is >> > a common cause of this. >> > >> > >> > RESOLUTION >> > >> > To correct this problem, perform the following >> steps: >> > >> > 1.Start User Manager for Domains, and select >> the User's properties. >> > >> > 2.Under the Profile properties, specify a >> profile path that is >> > different from the home directory path. >> > >> > It is acceptable to make the profile directory a >> subdirectory of the >> > home directory. >> > >> > For example: >> \\Server\Share\HomeDirectory\Profile. >> > >> > >> > MORE INFORMATION >> > >> > In the Windows NT 4.0 profiles and policies >> white paper ( >> >=20 >> >http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/management/deployment/planguide/prof_pol= icies.asp), >> > there is documentation concerning the roaming >> profile path encompassing >> > the home directory path. >> > >> > Additional query words: remove disappear delete >> > >> > Keywords : ntdomain >> > Version : WINDOWS:2000; winnt:4.0 >> > Platform : WINDOWS winnt >> > Issue type : kbprb >> > Technology : >> > >> > >> > -- >> > LinuxSA WWW: http://www.linuxsa.org.au/ IRC: >> #linuxsa on irc.linux.org.au >> > To unsubscribe from the LinuxSA list: >> > mail linuxsa-request@linuxsa.org.au with >> "unsubscribe" as the subject >> > >>=20 >> ----- End forwarded message ----- >>=20 >> -- >> Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key >> See complete headers for address and phone numbers >>=20 >>=20 >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the >> message >>=20 >>=20 > > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >jryder18@earthlink.net > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get Yahoo! 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