I agree that the default installs are good and getting better but that misses the
point. It is still a very narrow road. If something goes wrong it is far more
difficult, in Linux, to diagnose and correct it. Installing a printer was a good
example or perhaps a new card or option and yes that does happen.
The point that users rarely install their systems is also very good however we
still have to return to additional options or even installing programs (or
uninstalling them). Which would you be more comfortable leaving your mother with,
particularly if you can't always provide support, Windows or Linux?
Finally, the registry. Arghhh, don't even go there. Perhaps you could rearrange
the text files or have a better system for cataloging them but if Linux goes to a
registry, I quit! ;-)
GGK
Thomas Charron wrote:
> Quoting Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Thomas Charron wrote:
> > Sure, but we have that with GnoRPM and KDE's version, whatever that is...
> > The interface is a little different, but it takes only a few minutes to
> > learn it. What you are really describing is mankind's apparent refusal to
> > learn anything that's new and different. :)
>
> Yea, I guess they could very well use GnoRPM's interface, etc.. I just don't
> like the idea of them needing GnoRPM to be SUID root to do it.. ;-P
>
> And no, mankind *doesn't* like to learn something new and different. They
> want it available in 5 minutes via a driveup window. They want someone else to
> grow it, someone else to ship it, someone else to cook it, and someone else to
> deliver it, so they can consume it immediatly.. Hence, the popularity of
> automatic transmisions, and the prevelence of female drivers who just can't
> drive a stick.. (No offence intended to those who CAN, it's just I've seen
> more women then men that fit into this catagory)
>
> ---
> Thomas Charron
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