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06-07-2005

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Is Unix Worth it?

I have been wanting to get much deaper into the world of computers for quite some time. I know a lot of c++, and plenty of website programming, and decided that the next step should be Unix.

But here's the thing - I know nothing about Unix. I installed it and everything, but it just seemed like an advanced form of DOS to me. Is there anyway to make it more user friendly? Not that complicated bothers me, I just want to doa lot of stuff with it, and windows seems to offer more of the things that I need with a computer... but Unix is supposed to be the best, so that's why I'm having trouble understanding why it's just a glorified DOS.

I am wandering, is the idea behind Unix for you to program your own user interface? Is this why Unix beats windows, because with time and effort and can be everything you need it to be? I can only guess that this may be closer to the case based on a few things I have read...

The other issue is this - I can't be without a computer for more than a week, and I only have one computer to make a unix computer... I konw Unix would take longer than a week to learn how to use in any way useful, does anyone have any suggestions for me there? I guess I can go to my local internet cafe to check e-mail, and put everything else I do on the comp on hold for a while...

okay, well enough babling, thanks in advance to anyone who took the time to read this, and a special thanks to those who are willing to answere my questions and concerns.

-edit- Forgot one thing - how is the world of gameing on Unix? Can you play pretty much the same games that you can on Windows? I am mostly concerned about my account on World Of Warcraft. Any help and suggestions on the game front would be awesome too.

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datetime::format::epoch::unix

DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix(3pm)

NAME

       DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix - Convert DateTimes to/from Unix epoch seconds

SYNOPSIS

	 use DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix;

	 my $dt = DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix->parse_datetime( 1051488000 );
	  # 2003-04-28T00:00:00

	 DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix->format_datetime($dt);
	  # 1051488000

	 my $formatter = DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix->new();
	 my $dt2 = $formatter->parse_datetime( 1051488000 );
	 $formatter->format_datetime($dt2);

DESCRIPTION

       This module can convert a DateTime object (or any object that can be converted to a DateTime object) to the number of seconds since the
       Unix epoch.

METHODS

       Most of the methods are the same as those in DateTime::Format::Epoch.  The only difference is the constructor.

       o   new()

	   Constructor of the formatter/parser object. It has no parameters.

SUPPORT

       Support for this module is provided via the datetime@perl.org email list. See http://lists.perl.org/ for more details.

AUTHOR

       Eugene van der Pijll <pijll@gmx.net>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2003 Eugene van der Pijll.  All rights reserved.  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       DateTime

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perl v5.10.1							    2007-12-03					DateTime::Format::Epoch::Unix(3pm)