This newbie to Linux is having less trouble with Linux in the second hour of
installing 8 hard drives than I had with MS Win95 in the past year! At least
no distro of Linux appears to lock up on just about any architecture I
use/install.
Thank you all, both group one - "Hobbyists" and tinkerers who make the world
run, and group 2 - those of you who do the drudge work of getting us a decent
product in the local markets! Hope you catch a fish Mat! Maybe when you have,
you will
have a brighter view! Yes, it can seem like we are on the Santa Maria, with
Christopher Columbus, halfway over to fall off the edge of the world, but, just
trust
instead, that hundreds of converts each day are picking up the staff of Linux
and
joining the hordes of happy and productive, educated users.
Mat Serwas wrote:
> In a tone, that only John Cleese, a favorite of mine could do justice:
> "Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry."
>
> All I can say is that RedHat proponents are comprised of two basic
> groups of people:
> 1. Those that have made the OS a hobby and enjoy tuning and
> tweaking it to their own end.
> 2. Those that use it as a tool in business [both personal and economic.
> [Of course, there would be a large group that is both.]
>
> The rest of this is directed toward group #2:
>
> I read the comp news groups alot and can say there is as much traffic
> relating to maintaining the RedHat OS as there is for the other OS's.
> So, I deduct from that that RedHat does not have a lock on OS's as far
> as superiority is concerned.
>
> 1. Can RedHat perform tricks/routines that other OS's can not? No.
> 2. Does RedHat have a better selection of programs to choose from? No.
> 3. Do programs written for RedHat run better than their counterparts in
> other OS's? No.
> 4. If RedHat is free, I would think there would be a stampede to it just
> get our from under the thumb of Bill [which is the reason I bought
> RedHat
> in the first place]? I see no stampede.
> 5. I like all my programs in their own root DIR. I may be wrong on this
> but
> the only OS I know that allow this is OS/2, carte blanc.
> 6. If RedHat is so great, why can't it fix itself when something goes
> wrong?
> I think OS/2 might be ahead on that count. "ding:,, attn user, "we"
> have
> a error msg # 20xv3847 which is "the right mouse button is sticking and
> the system believes the culprit is syrup [Aunt Jemima]. Solution is to
> shut the system down, disconnect the mouse and wash the right contact
> points with a mild solution of water. Rinse and let dry.
> That's what I want. Not: 'error' and a bunch of 16 bit strings like
> you get
> with MS.
> 7. Your system crashes [don't tell RedHat doesn't]. Can you boot from
> Syquest, Iomega, CD-rom removeables to reload the OS?
> 8. Why are there so many flavors of UNIX? I really want to know.
> 9. Right now, I am editing sectors on a disk to restore lost partitions.
> Other
> than backing up the MBR [which all OS's can do], what snazzy utility
> does RedHat have to facilitate this? The only reason I say this is
> because
> MS has/requires tons of utilities. As a matter of fact, there are
> businesses
> out there thriving in making maintenance utilities for MS. So, are
> they
> built into RedHat?
> 10. I see no difference between RedHat as an OS workstation or Server.
> Why the argument? It's just the hardware configuration.
> 11.The only man I know that could make RedHat a success is Bill Gates.
> And he might just be in the market with the way things are going with
> NT, so I hear/read.
> 12. There is not OS ready for prime time. Period. We are still coddling,
> feeding, nursing and swearing at them.
>
> Paraphrasing the words of the Gripe Man: this stuff will kill you.
>
> I'm going fishing.
>
> Mat
>
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