[Lvlug] Presentation ideas

[Faber Fedor]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 09:20:13PM -0400, Linc Fessenden wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Linc Fessenden wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Faber Fedor wrote:
> > > Okay.  What *is* the value of multiple desktops? :-)
> 
> Missed this one first time around.........
> First of all some people actually do work on their computers - I mean
> things other than getting their email and browsing the web. :-)
> Where MD's come in handy for me is as I program or do my admin work, 

Okay.  That's the reason I give everyone too.  Just wanted to see if you
hada different take on it.

> A quick demonstration of this can
> be seen on a windows machine by opening up a DOS window and at C: doing a
> dir /s and quickly launching MSOffice and a couple other apps.  The
> directory listing slows down to a crawl or stops completely, while doing a
> similar action on linux ("cd /; ls -laR" + some apps) produces negligable
> effects.  It's interesting to watch.....

SWEET!!!! That will be an awesome demo!  Thanks!


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Faber                     

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