[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I find Windows and its tools as frustrating as you seem to find > Unix, but I strongly suspect that being shown the ropes by someone > who understands and likes the system would help a lot. <shrug>
I feel the same way about Windows being frustrating, however I find that having a Windows "expert" around helps very little. Heck, *I* was a Windows expert for as long as I was using it. I always found it to be totally opaque. It always seemed like the only way to make things work was to BUY something --- something that really offended me. It became clear to me quickly that Windows is basically a billboard on a CRT --- the help files only told me to buy stuff, or how "fun and easy" it was to do something, without actually saying how to do it. When I got XP and wanted to change my desktop theme --- guess what? They decided to start charging for that too. With Windows I never got it; with Unix of any kind (linux, SunOS, etc), I have felt like I got it right away. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson Biostatistician Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 (617) 643-1432 (303) 880-3109 *Joel's guide to sending attachments: 1. put all the files you want to send in a folder and archive the folder using tar, then compress it with gzip or bzip2 2. please send me .pdf, .html, or text in place of Word documents: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/sylvester-response.html *Did you know there's a FREE alternative to using word processors? http://www.edafe.org/latex/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX http://nitens.org/taraborelli/latex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
