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12-26-2012

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Old DOS dog, can I learn new trix?

Hey, y'all ...

Happily sort of between gigs ...

And, owing to some thoughts about reviving a pile of hardware (a Dell lap top and a clone PC, bla, blah, etc.) ... thought I would embark on reviving / catching up on the UX side of things. I haven't done command line OS stuff for many years, other than in routers and phone systems.

What are the chances an old DOS command-line derelict can wind his way through bootstrapping some kind of unix onto a machine? I might dabble server stuff later, but mostly thought about having a "secure" desktop. Light and fast, you know?

Where to start? Which OS variety to choose ...

I'll fish around in here to see if others have asked and had similar questions answered.

Merry Christmas!

BagEnd

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tartdates

tartdates(5)						      LinuxTaRT Special Dates						      tartdates(5)

NAME

       tartdates - Special date configuration for LinuxTaRT

DESCRIPTION

       LinuxTaRT uses a configuration file called specialdates to enable the user to display a specific tagline on certain special dates. The name
       and location of this file is specified in the LinuxTaRT configuration file ~/.tartrc, but is usually:

       ~/.tartdates

PARAMETERS

       Each line of the special date file consists of a day of the year expressed as a two digit month, a forward-slash (/), a two digit  date,  a
       colon (:) and a line of text.

       mm/dd:tagline text

       Any line that does not conform to this specification will be treated as a comment.  Comments may also be specified by prefixing text with a
       # symbol. Using this method, you can place a comment behind a date line.

EXAMPLES

       01/01:Happy New Year!!

       Will use "Happy New Year!!" as the tagline when the date is January 1st.

       12/25:Merry Christmas to all!

       Displays "Merry Christmas to all!" as your tagline on Christmas day.

FILES

       ~/.tartdates

SEE ALSO

       tart(1) tartrc(5) tart-custom(5)

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