Eric Auer wrote:
Au Contraire, I think some distro programmers will figure it out, and realize that: Linux comes from Unix, which is a multi-user networked operating system. As such it sux for the single user desktop. I dont think it would be that big a deal to design a distro for the single user, and some have made some modifications to that end, but.. they'veHi, well, you really ARE a pessimist.
got a long ways to go before reaching the convenience of dos, which was always built for the single user, and tweaked over the years for that purpose.
Some Linux lovers have told me how to change the boot so it comes right up to my personal xwin kde, or do, as you have suggest ways to install software or whatever, but I dont do windoz, and I sure as shit dont build them. Start talking about building kernels and makefiles and compiling binaries to most people who just want to sit and do email, and their eyes glaze over looking out the window and thinking they awta go outside.
If Nettamer would do my email anymore, I'd be using it; writing ascii in a gui screen is fundamentaly oxymoronic. But my new local ISP will not log me in with any of the dos ppp drivers, and I have other things to do besides debug that problem. There must be someone who knows more about it. But in both cases, dos and linux, I look at the computer skill of most users, and dont see reasonable solutions.
For example, you dont turn off net servers. But I dont like the idea of my computer in my quiet rural home running all the damn time. As people realize that they can telecommute from the boondocks, this will become a more obvious problem, you can hear the damn blowers in the kitchen while you get another cuppa java. So, with dos, I close the app, and hit the power button. [that's a period] I find it a "p*** in the a**" to havta go thru so many clicks to close the browser, kde, and wait for the shutdown to close all the open files [which are there for a network which does not exist].
I'm not ragging on Linux, cause it is a great operating system for sysads, networks, and servers. But the newbie so commonly sees the message to 'consult with your system administrator', that he knows he will be scrod if he tries to fix the problem himself. The only 'system administrator' I have is behind my navel.
FWI: SCROD- pluperfect subjunctive case.
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