Re: Annoyances-floppies

David Vehrs <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usability.annoyances
Message-ID <[email protected]>
1.  automount  (i.e. attempt to mount with first write)
2.  sync flag in fstab (i.e. write now, so I can eject whenever)

My biggest Linux Annoyance is people who complain about a problem 
longer than it takes to find a solution.

Dave V.

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 12:42:01AM -0700, Reilly Burke wrote:
> From: Reilly Burke <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Annoyances] Annoyances-floppies
> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:42:01 -0700
> 
> After switching from Suse 5 to RedHat 9, I'm still bugged by floppy 
> drives.  Most of Linux has improved in the years since Suse 5, 
> especially the really pathetic office apps.  They're most excellent now 
> (Open Office).  But one of my oldest Linux (Unix?) annoyances is still 
> there: mounting and unmounting floppies even using AMD.  Floppies under 
> Linux are really primitive and irritating.  Don't say,"Who cares - 
> floppies are ancient!" because I care.  I use floppies a lot, and wish 
> that there was an easy way to deal with them (like Windows deals with 
> them).  Also, Linux is still hopeless with old printers (like Okidata 
> 82s).  Don't laugh - we still use Oki 82s to print your pay checks!
> 
> Hoser Joe
> 
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