Oliver Mason kirjoitti 17. des. 2006 kello 22.21:
> On 17/12/06, Trond Trosterud <trond.trosterud@hum.uit.no> wrote:
>> But yes, there are situations when people will insist on using
>> Windows, so
>> if anyone has a reference to a set of DOS commands...
> Sorry to be a bit off-topic, but where if not at university would
> students be able to learn about Unix? I am stunned that anybody can
> get any serious work done in text processing *without* the multitude
> of useful Unix commands.
So am I.
> From a pedagogic point of view I'd say that
> it would be the best solution to gently introduce the students to the
> idea that there are other operating systems besides Windows, and they
> might even be more suitable for academic work. With the free
> availability of Linux on live-CDs there is no real excuse anymore...
I agree.
> I don't want to start a flame war about the relative merits of this or
> that OS, but why not expose the students to Unix rather than find a
> complicated way of emulating some of its powers on a DOS command-line
> within Windows?
As long as they are students on my coursed I give them Unix (Mac OSX,
as it is the preferred OS of our faculty). So, at least I agree with
you, and there will be no flame wars.
For me, the problem arises when I cooperate with projects off-campus,
who have already bought their equipment (no Macintoshes!) and insist
on using Windows (they have no Linux support within a radius of 800
km). That's why I ask for dos advices.
Trond.
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