-----Original Message----- From: Robert V. MacQuarrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian-User-Mailing-List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Cc: BENJAMIN FARRELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 31 March 1999 08:00 Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] What DO you lose with Linux ???
>>> Heres a good point about linux, anyone found a good irc client for x >>(other >>> than Bitchx in a E-Term :) that doesn't crash everytime you click (yagirc >>> anyone). >>> I still find for everyday use Win95/NT is better (quaking, ircing, >>> browsing, ftping). > >OK well folks dont shoot me and no i dont use it often but.. mIRC runs >just great from linux using the standard wine config. Yes this is the >windowsXX irc client.. I simply type 'wine /dos/mirc/mirc32.exe&' and it >starts up. I run #Hottub on UnderNet and from time to time i help the >other ops with their mIRC scripts. Wine also installed mirc for me on a >very small windows/dos partition. This I found was great as I havent >booted that windows partition in well over a year now :-) Heh, haven't tried mirc (don't really like) but almost managed to get xircon working using wine. >I used tkirc alot last year and found it quite stable. I've been irc'ing >since 91 or 92 and it's always been from the console or an xterm and it's >how i continue to now :-) It's hard to get away from it after so long. Don't like havin' lots of windows all other the place (I like 1 window per channel), fiind bitchx very nice to use. >As for browsing, downloading, uploading... I have always found that linux >gave me a much better (more stable/reliable) connection via dialups. I've >always noticed a difference in higher speeds and performance in linux. Don't know I got a cheapo modem, which has turned out to be a winmodem (YUCK), should be gettiing a decent modem soon thu. >Quake.. Well it just rocks from linux. I've played from windows a few >times and find it ran faster in linux. This is believe has to do with >windows eating so much memory and not swapping as well as under linux. Software QuakeWorld does yes, glquakeworld nope, runs quite a bit slower (thats with the glibc version of everything). So I still use NT for quakin'(doesn't swap to much in NT if u kill of some services from control panel:). > >-Rob aka [EMAIL PROTECTED] > :Ben Farrell
