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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Sums added
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:01:52 +0100
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On Llu, 2006-05-22 at 22:18 -0400, Jody wrote:
> I'm very slowly transitioning to Linux.  My problem is that I want a 
> clean system, and of course it takes a lot of work to compile, package, 
> and install stuff yourself.  My main problem is that I'm so used to 

Well yes thats why the distributions have large teams doing it 8)

> Windows key combinations and whatnot that the Linux way of doing things 
> keeps beating the tar (no pun intended) out of my productivity.
> 
> What maniac designed the cut-and-paste that you use in Xedit anyway?

People in the early 1980s who didnt have enough memory to keep the
cut/paste buffering in the server itself. Xedit is a dinosaur 8)

Alan