discuss: Request for feedback: Windows-to-Linux HOWTO outline
Subject:
Re: [discuss] Request for feedback: Windows-to-Linux HOWTO outline
From:
Omari Norman ####@####.####
Date:
7 Dec 2005 02:56:44 -0000
Message-Id: <b4b77f3a0512061856w18d7b2b4ob7cf90922127ca29@mail.gmail.com>
Hi everybody,
* thanks Mahesh for the FHS--I had never heard of that before and
their webpage has the best file tree explanation I have ever seen.
Also I will definitely put hardware before software--certainly makes
more sense.
* per Tillie's suggestion, the draft HOWTO is now on the Web for
anyone who's interested:
http://www.smileystation.com/win-linux-howto
The rough beginning is there already, so take a look. I'll upload new
files there as I complete chunks of work. She also suggests looking at
the Guide format, which I shall.
* Charles, thanks for your many suggestions which I will incorporate.
I think file associations by extension (like Windows) probably would
be specific to KDE or Gnome. I can't think of any analogue in the
shell. But in addition, I know that KDE looks inside files to
determine what to do with them. (It sees shebang lines, for example.)
So I will look into this some more.
And I'll explain that defragging is not needed in Linux, which
certainly surprised me when I first learned it as defragging tends to
be a religous practice in DOS.
* thanks Poh for your offer of help--review assistance will definitely be handy!
Thanks everybody for your help, and keep chiming in :)
Omari
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