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Offline whabang

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Re: What do you need on your desktop?
« on: March 10, 2003, 07:21:16 AM »
1)A single user OS.

2)Integrated TCP/IP stack.

3)A port of Mozilla, Opera, or any equivalent browser.

4)Eye-candy. Yes, you heard me; and no I won't use Windows XP. If I wanted to use it, I'd use it allready...

5)A good, fast and native pascal compiler.

6)Some form of backward-compatability.

7)Games from this century.or at least a port of Sim City 2000.
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Re: What do you need on your desktop?
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2003, 08:50:49 AM »
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1)A _single user_ OS.


Why does it have to be single user only?

I don't like to log in every time that I start my computer, and I don't like the XP-style login screen either. I want an OS which is made to be used by one user. I don't need the capability to switch from one user to another, while still running the programs from the other user. I don't need the possibility to run my computer in a major network.
On the other hand, an OS doesn't have to be designed to be a single user OS. Who knows, I might need those features one day... :-)
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Re: What do you need on your desktop?
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2003, 09:11:19 AM »
Didn't you know? The fact that is unstable, unsecure and generally full of ####, automatically makes it very popular... :-D
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Re: What do you need on your desktop?
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2003, 09:14:19 AM »
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Did you know you can completely switch off the need to log in at all on Win2k/XP

Not without using auto-logon... HOw do you do that?
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Re: What do you need on your desktop?
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2003, 09:28:40 AM »
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and don't tell me people seriously need to directly print files to a printer on another PC

You have obviously never experienced the fun in printing pr0n to someone else's printer over an open network...  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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Re: What do you need on your desktop?
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2003, 01:44:35 PM »
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Not without using auto-logon... HOw do you do that?


I don't have XP handy, but I doubt it's different from Win2k Pro in this respect.  There's two ways of changing that setting, one is when you've just reinstalled, it asks you whether you want to log in every time or not.

The other way is in Control Panel > Users & Passwords: the check box:

"Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer"

Personally I prefer having to log in as it stops other people with local access from being tempted to snoop :)

I bet you could hear my "DOH!" over there... :-D :-D :-D
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