a quick look at what was done with such limited systems as DOS
it's amazing just how far computers are NOW from living up to the power we now have

when I started in to computers it was the day of the 8bit computers
my 5 year old $300.00 laptop would have been (had it been around ) the fastest computer on earth on the day I bought my first timex 1000 with the 16k ram pack it was also a $300.00 computer

NEWS 140304
A new version of Exton|OS is ready. I have corrected some minor errors in the first version from 140225.

Speaking of user-friendly DOS and CPM, I really miss some aspects of both, and still use (with FreeDos, and dosemu) some old Dos programs, that (for me) are more user-friendly than what I have found in any GUI program. Also, I miss the old hardware - printers (for example) that could easily be set to print any width or length of paper, and could be set to print 500 pages, or 1000 labels, at a time, and not need attention until it was done.

But I wouldn't trade my modern inkjet printer with it's CISS, scanner, etc. for one of those old ones, or 4G of memory for 640k (or less). And (though I still use DOS progams) I wouldn't want to be without Linux.

I use linux first and foremost because IT'S MY COMPUTER
MY COMPUTER dose not belong to M$ it's MY COMPUTER
If I want it updated I will update MY COMPUTER
I got feed up with the M$ attitude that I was a guest on MY COMPUTER the first day
and because linux is fun

Slackware is user friendly always has been
It's just picky about who it makes friends with

The ability to play with my system is what I enjoy most. I am not an advanced user, I do not get into server stuff as I do not have to, I don't use it for work. Linux to me is easy to use, I can change it to get done what I need to, how I need to. I'm not being forced to do things a specific way. I can always change that again.

I can play with it. I can make it mine.

It's also usually easy to fix if I break it. No digging out a limited rescue utility offered by company X to pretty much have to reinstall everything.

You got that right in one!!!!! Except for the part about having to go to recovery mode. That stinks, but it's the price for too much fun.