Re: Norton Utilities for Linux ?

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
28 Jun 1999 10:50:56 -0700


In article <linux.kernel.003d01bec17c$89a044c0$390101c0@d1>,
Marco Ermini <mail@markoer.org> wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Richard B. Johnson <root@chaos.analogic.com>
>To: Marco Ermini <mail@markoer.org>
>Cc: <vigorous@iname.com>; Linux Kernel Mailing List
><linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
>Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 1:46 PM
>Subject: Re: Norton Utilities for Linux ?
>
>
>> On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Marco Ermini wrote:
>>
>> > IMHO Linux simply don't not need this
>> > kind of utility, because:
>> >
>> > 1) The system simply works as is. I.e, do
>> > you need a defrag for ext2?
>>
>> One exists and I have used it.
>
>But certainly EXT2 *don't need* it. I
>never needed it. The fact that it
>exists is just a confirmation about my
>previous statement: all the tools you
>need (and even the tools you *don't*
>need!) already exists.

Not under one roof, though, and certainly not as well documented
as the Norton Utilities are.

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david parsons \bi/ If users would feel warm and fuzzy about having
\/ Norton Utilities, let them.

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