Re: Bit Twister: Is this the dhclient-exit-hooks you were talking about?

On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:26:05 +0000, The Ohmster wrote:

Keep a log/diary of what you change. Backup your /home and /etc
directories, and restore them whenever you do a clean install.

I am finding out that this is a good idea now. I already ran out of room

Good. Better late than never... ;-)

<snip>

Oh, maybe for your next step, you could learn how to use a Linux
newsreader... I mean, to have been using Linux for "years and years",
and still using Windoze to post to Usenet...? Strange.

...sigh. Okay Dan, here is your reply in slrn. Ya can't get more "Linux
newsreader" than that. :)

True (except maybe for "tin" and "nn"). I enjoy slrn too, when I don't
feel like using Pan.

The reason I use xnews for my Usenet reading is that I really like the
program. The only thing that comes close to it in Linux is Pan. Xnews
has been my newsreader of choice since News Express was abandoned a long

I've never seen Xnews, but Pan is really nice, and full featured.

<snip>

I remember how exciting it was to actually tag all parts of a binary
file and then try to bring them down to my home directory on the remote
UNIX machine, then uudecode it all, then bring it down to my at home
machine with Z-modem, and then, if everything all worked out, you had a
gif or jpeg image that you could look at or maybe even a video file that

Yes, I remember those days (fondly), too.

Anyway, that is why I use Xnews primarily and not a Linux newsreader. I
have more screen room on the Windows machine, the machine is a better
and more powerful computer, and I just like Xnews.

Perhaps you should dual-boot the more powerful machine, and enjoy Linux on
the big monitor... Would be a good way to get FC5 installed, and not risk
your FC3 setup while doing it.

--
"Ubuntu" - an African word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".


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