On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 09:20:39PM -0500, Patrick wrote: > My dos screen resolution is better now, thanks to Eric's tip but I have a > dual monitor setup on Linux. The monitors are rotated vertically and I can > get a lot of lines the two screen. I find it really helps my head from > spinning when there are a lot of things to remember. > > I am thinking about giving FeeBSD a try in the next few months. I am running > away from systemd.
A few years ago I gave Free/Net/Open/DragonFly-BSDs a try (yes, all four of them) - only to find they are 10 years (or in some aspects even more) behind Linux, if you consider them as desktop systems and their "User eXperience". Being steady Linux user since 1994. That Linux just works and works - no problem whatsoever, and it became boring. So I went adventureous - and indeed I had interesting problems to solve, when NetBSD dumped its core only because I wanted to print something on USB connected printer, not via parallel port (yes, they fixed it since that time). Not trying to discourage you - just to let you know, that if you're looking for something "better", you need to define what "better" means to you. If "better" means hardware compatibility, stability as desktop system and overall UX - no xBSD beats Linux. The creators of xBSDs do great job, but there are much too few of them. If you don't like systemd, you may simply install Slackware Linux - you'll have "two in one": Linux in BSD's clothes. > However, I truly love COBOL and I love GnuCOBOL. If you mean creating some tools or applications - not games - Clipper (or Clarion) may be more proper choice, since they were designed as the tools especially for DOS. Just have a look, how easily you can design comfortable user interface with Clipper. Never wrote anything in COBOL - but from what I see in Wikipedia etc. if you love COBOL, you may fall in love with Clipper as well. -- regards, Zbigniew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
