On Monday 09 July 2001 11:02, M. Osten wrote:
> > Until these
> > inconsistencies are resolved, Linux will remain for hackers who have
>
> the
>
> > time and knowledge to fix things so that they will run, and the common
> > user will never get to reap the benefits os this otherwise wonderful
> > operating system. Two cases in point:
>
> More fuel for the fire I guess...
>
> Do you really want persons that can not edit a text file running linux
> at all? I'm not prepared to try to support people that can barely hold
> a mouse. The whole Linux replacing Windows on the desktop is
> stupid...who cares. I use Linux because it works, I like using it.
>
> On a entirely diffrent flame fest. If this is the Mandrake expert
> mailing list, I hate to see what the newbie list is like.
I want everybody running Linux, because it is better. Part of my point is
that even if you are willing (and like) to compile stuff in order to install
it, often times it becomes an all day steeple chase downloading tarballs,
finding incompatibilites, downloading more tar ballls, repeat; broken only by
a set of source code refusing to even configure using your compiler (having
to symlink a library is no biggie -- troubleshooting - cool). I guess this
is exactly what I want to avoid, Linux becoming an OS that you just load and
take what you get.
mg
