Hi Manas,
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> From: M.K.Laha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Buggy RH6.0
> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 10:10 PM
>
> Aah! well, I didn't want to start a "distro" war! But I like Slackware
> more than I do Red Hat, that's for sure (purely personal opinion -- I
> definitely don't want to start a war).
Come on! Manas! What is a LUG list without its bi-annual distro-war ;-) *just kidding*
> > I understand Manas's anti-RHL stand, for any true Linux geek will definitely miss
>getting the kick out of setting
up a
> > difficult piece of h/w.... but does the Ram-Shyam-Jadu user give a damn about
>installing h/w or drivers for
it??...so
> > what to do if Linux is to be pushed to the desktop or outside the geek and power
>user domain.....???
>
> Oh! but please don't perpetuate the myth that Slackware is difficult to
> install. It isn't one bit. On the other hand, it lets you have better
> control over what you want installed and, to quote from one of the
> pro-Slackware lists (I don't remember which one), "installing Slackware
> in the `verbose' mode is a great way for a newbie to learn about Linux".
> This way you at least get to see, at least for once, what it is that you
> are installing and read brief descriptions about them, too.
Hmmm.... I think we need to differentiate a bit, as Linux goes more mainstream, there
will be more and more users who
will preferring to use the OS, won't be as ready to learn about what makes Linux works
....what I had mean't was that
just because a person may have been a Windows user throughout his life doesn't mean
that he understands the details of
the architecture.
As the Linux interface becomes more easier and intuitive, the demand on a person's
computing skills to use a Linux box
will sharply decrease. As the focus shifts from the tools to do the job (something
that we are doing now), to actually
doing the job in the best possible way or in the shortest possible time, ppl are less
likely to bother about the
construction of the tool. A time like this may not be very far off as we think.
> About the Ram-Shyam-etc.s, perhaps Red Hat's for them, just as Windows
> might be. Russel McOrmond was maybe right when he said on this list very
> recently: those who root for Slackware are not the best people to take
> Linux to the masses. Perhaps not. But I'd rather have Slackware for
> myself than go to the masses with Red Hat!
Aah! spoken like a true academic ....aren't they supposed to live in some sort of
towers??? ;-) But seriously, the best
part of Linux is perhaps that we have this choice, you can chose your own direction
instead of being driven by saavy
marketing....and you definitely have every right to use Slackware...long live choice!!
--Indra.
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