Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:30:44 GMT, yttrx wrote:
>
>>> Gah, what a complete load of nonsense.
>>>
>>> "If you try to install it anywhere else you will have problems. This is
>>> because all windows programs assume that windows is in drive C and will
>>> barf if it is not."
>>>
>>> Complete and utter bogus, I've almost never had my windows directory on
>>> drive c. Not even Windows 95 required this (though you did have to have
>>> msdos.sys and io.sys on c:)
>>>
>>> One thing that pisses me off with the linux filesystem is that there's no
>>> way to assign a label to a path. Sure, you can create a symlink to ito
>>> somwhere, like your home directory, but you can't assign a global label.
>>> Windows has mappable drive letters, AmigaOS had labels, etc...
>>
>> You dont know what the FUCK youre talking about. Labels? You do that
>> with a symlink, and it can be anywhere, not just in your home directory,
>> IDIOT.
>
> Maybe you should learn to read. "sure, you can create a symlink to it
> *SOMEWHERE*, *LIKE* your home directory".
>
> In what world do you live that this is me claiming you can only create
> symlinks in your home directory? Note also that I used the word "global",
> as in, accessible from anywhere without typing a path.
Yeah, re-read what I said about POSIX-land, retard.
Seriously, stop trying to have a "windows experience" with Linux. In fact,
just stop using Linux all together. Why are you even bothering?
-----yttrx
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