Re: [GENERAL] Re: What's WAL

Hello,

Thanks for the reply.

Actually I don't fear Linux, I embrace it. :)
I am quite proficient with Windows but have never considered myself a
Windows user. I don't own a Windows machine and currently have no
intentions of it. I do however use it a work because my boss wanted a
machine which could play DOOM. :(

I own 4 Macs at home, one of which I have LinuxPPC installed. I will be
purchasing an Athlon PC this winter for my own use. I will install RH
6.x on it. I have never really put too much thought on installing Linux
on my PC at work. There are only 2 employees here and one computer. My
boss is not computer proficient. He plays games, primarily solitaire. I
run the computer and the business uses. Whatever I do Linux wise, I
wanted it to be reasonably transparent to his usage, which is minimal.
I'll install Mandrake Linux and put a games folder in the "Start" menu
and put solitaire inside of it. He might not ever even no I'm no longer
in Windows. :)
However, when I'm not in the office and the computer is shutdown I
wanted him to be able to start up the computer and boot straight into
windows. Typing "win" at a prompt might lose him. :)

I don't envy the Illuminati, only their understanding of what WAL is. :)

I really wasn't apologizing for being a Windows user, only for using
Windows. :)
It is a totally involuntary action.

I am ready for the day when there is enough educational and edutainment
software to be available that I can use Linux for my children computers.
We use computer extensively in their education. But for now it'll be the
MacOS. Someday if I get permission from my wife I'll install Linux and
either Sheepshaver or Mac-on-Linux.

Thanks for the opportunity for fun off topic banter. Now back to the
show. I'll keep an eye on the Illuminati and maybe one of them will slip
and reveal the meaning of the Great WAL of PostgreSQL. :)

Later,

Jimmie Houchin

Christian Rudow wrote:
>
> Jimmie Houchin wrote:
>
> > What is WAL? Or is it something that is only known by the Illuminati? :)
>
> I understand your fears. I can also not follow all that the
> linux cracks around me are talking about.
>
> I also was still using a Windows workstation for quite some
> time, when we had already started our almost-linux-only startup
> business writing Perl apps for PG.
>
> And I still have a dual boot laptop allowing me to use Win98
> and IE5.0 when I cannot get internet banking to work under linux
> or I want to watch a DVD movie or do some other multimedia stuff
> that I don't understand what it does and only want to enjoy.
>
> I'm not one of the guys who enjoy configuring linux for two
> days to get some device working. No it rather scares me.
> I enjoy to have working solutions though. (I also never looked
> closely at the motors inside of any of the cars I owned).
>
> But what I learned is, that still you have to do some learning.
> You do it involuntarily as a Windows user. Linux gives you the
> freedom to do it on your free choice - having great support
> from a lot of people who really know what they are doing.
>
> So - get down from envying the "Illuminati" - build up a working
> linux configuration - step by step - slowly. And ... if you are one of
> the less brighter guy's like me - don't ask for too much at one
> time.
>
> E.g.
> I still don't use an Office Suite under Linux. So I made a (very
> basic) installation of Samba and use an old laptop with Win95 and
> my Office97 Software on the Linux shares.
> No sweat. And no apologies necessary.
> There's nothing to be ashamed of to be a Windows user. Being a
> Linux user can sometimes make you a little proud, though. That's
> a difference.
>
> So lets just think that WAL means : use "Windows And Linux".
>
> Good Luck !
> Chris
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