i can't resist this one. to add further to John's response, why are you
having to su so much? the only time i have to su is to install programs. i
just tried this, i can su & type in a password in 4 seconds. you do this so
often that it results in a "fair amount of lost time"? i'm sure i'm not the
only one who would be curious to know what you are doing to that computer.
Day One: I hate M$. I think I'll try Linux.
Day Two: This crap sucks. It isn't Windows.
Windows is not Linux, Linux is not Windows. Decide which you want & use it.
> On Monday 02 July 2001 02:19 am, you wrote:
> > > I suppose burden is in the eye of the beholder. I find constant typing
> > > of the root password to be annoying in the extreme and results in a
fair
> > > amount of lost time if you have to do this several times in a few
hours.
> >
>
> Then maybe you should trash that really annoying computer, go out and
buy
> a
> typewrite and a wordprocessor and a copy machine, and go back to the days
of
> hardcopy only,typewriter ribbon. It sounds like whoever wrote the above
> paragraph is just one lazy SOB, and is really grasping for ANY excuse to
> bitch about Linux. Sheesh...I bet you think havin' to go take a piss is a
> real shame too...you actually have to 'walk' somewhere.
>
> John Berger
>