Very OT: a question about M$

Tzadik,

That "Chart" should be more of a VISUAL FLOW
CHART for better understanding.

-R

On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:59:46 -0400
"Vanderhoof, Tzadik" <Tzadik.Vanderhoofssa.gov> wrote:

> It seems to be a common source of confusion for Linux
users trying to
> use Windows, that on Linux you can "copy"
just by highlighting and
> "paste" just by clicking the middle mouse
button.  On Windows, you have
> to do 2 steps in order to "copy" ... First
highlight, then do some sort
> of explicit "copy" command (from a menu or
with the keyboard).  In
> addition, the "notepad" application, which,
simple as it is, is
> extremely useful for "power users", is
extremely well-hidden, and seems
> to get even more hidden with each successive Windows
version.  This is
> part of a more general "paradigm
disconnect" problem between the 2 OS's.
> 
> If you try to do something on Windows in the
"Linux way", or vice versa,
> you will find it very frustrating and possibly even
mess up your system.
> It's probably advantageous for everyone to gain at
least a nodding
> acquaintance with the mapping between the OS's of some
common tasks.  I
> think I saw a chart somewhere on the web with columns
called "Mac",
> "Linux", and "Windows", and
rows with tasks such as "Install an
> Application", "Change your password",
"Copy and paste", "Add a printer",
> "Search for a file", "Burn a
CD", etc. that seemed pretty useful for
> this purpose.
> 
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