Must agree with Toby here. And Janina. And... Bear in mind that GNU/Linux (and indeed any un*x-like environment) is necessarily different from DOS, Windows, and the like. The systems are meant to have multiple users, so they do a lot of things at once very easily, because they were designed that way. Moreover, the way that things *should be* programmed for this environment is necessarily different. Note i said *should*, because obviously it's not always done this way as we all know. But generally, X-Window programs are merely front ends to other things that don't require X, and non-X front-ends are generally available--or can be written. Interfaces are generally separated from the main program--this isn't true of Windows and its ilk. Certainly it isn't always true under GNU/Linux and other Un*x-like environments either, but it's true enough that I don't think we need worry about text consoles going away any time very soon. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | "And if the ground yawned, Phone: (814) 455-7333 | I'd step to the side and say, Email: davros at ycardz.com | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!" http://www.ycardz.com/ | --Eddie From Ohio
