On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, T. David Burns wrote: > At 11:51 PM 7/26/2002 -1000, you wrote: > > >One last comment....don't you think it's ironic that the GUI front-end > >for Linux such as KDE and GNOME (on default settings anyways) have such > >a strong resemblence to the Windows desktop? We can't hate Microsoft > >for everything? > > > 1) I wish the resemblance was stronger, then I could find stuff faster. > 2) So M$ invented the GUI now? Or even was first to market? Xerox invented > it and Apple got people to buy it. Then M$ got on the bandwagon, and after > a few years of serious effort and several revisions came up with something > ... actually usable.
To clear things up, I didn't say Microsoft invented the GUI. I said that the front-end GUI's that Linux uses such as KDE and GNOME resembles the Windows desktop (i.e. The start button on the bottom lefthand side, the task bar, etc...). > >By the way (sorry this IS the last comment), Redhat's administrative > >tools are a bit confusing, but I believe that new sys admins should > >learn to do everything from commandline. Someday your system will mess > >up, and you will have to boot into single user mode without any graphic > >interface to work with. > > *** Irrational rant mode on *** > This sounds like an excuse to me. If it's that messed up, its time to get > out the backups. For this one (hopefully unlikely) possibility we should > memorize the command line arcana? Put your system on a different partition > from your data, and back it up. If it goes fizz, reload it. Using a GUI all > the while, if possible. > ** Irrational rant mode off *** GUI's are always a convienence to have...but as a sys admin, unpredictable situations will occur where you are left only with the commandline. I had KDE, Gnome, icewm, etc... mess up at one point. If you are using linux as a server, it is good practice to install only what is necessary, (GUI is usually not necessary for a server) to minimize the number of possible exploits.
