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Re: Why revive Amiga?
« on: June 10, 2003, 10:43:43 PM »
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So is there or is it not any program that does all this thing automatically, mount, dismount floppies or CD`s when I insert them or when I remove them, without using the mouse and the keyboard, just my finger on the eject of each device.


Automount will do it, but then again I've not had to bother with any of that as Mandrake has had automounting devices for quite some time.

All that said and done I don't think Linux is for everyone. I've played around with it more or less since it's birth and watched it grow in by leaps and bounds (especially over the last 5 years).
When I sold up and moved overseas, a Linux box ended up taking the place of the Amiga I left behind - as it embodied the spirit of 'fun and tinkering' that that the Amiga held for me.
Still it's not for everyone - there are still many apps needed if it's ever to have much mainstream appeal.

One lesson that can be learned from Linux and it's community -- look over the progress and growth over the last 5 years. They have to be doing something right,  and they are playing the 'catchup game' just as the new Amiga community will be.

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