Frankly i dont see what all the fuss is about. I started off on
slackware, the
only version i can remember was the the kernel was well bellow 1.
The whole thing i downloaded of a local bbs and yes it was very out of
date at
the time. 6 months later i got my hands on a redhat three and went from
their.
At the time i had no net access so i was pretty much stuck with that and
a
sunsite (metalab now) mirror on cd that i also managed to find.
This was when i was around 14, and what i was using didnt have much in
the way
of gui configuration. I just had to work out vi and fiddle till it
worked, then
go back and see just how i got there.
Not to brag, but to a certain degree i feel a line must be drawn. I
think things
can become *over* simplified and *over* centralized. If people want to
point and
click maybe free unixs arent the best solution for them. They might just
have to
live with NT (or whatever) for now.
People should be more serious about their abilities and be content with
a solution
that best fits their needs. If you want linux and you cant work it out,
hire someone.
It will still probably work out cheaper (especially for people looking
for firewall
setups etc.), Im sure theres alot of people out there happy to come and
spend a day
with you and show you how to do things.
ok enough raving, make to some work now....
Dean
David Fisher wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
> > And how many newbies would have given up when they were first learning if they
> > didn't have access to it?
> >
>
> And you would have a perfectly valid point, if only it worked properly, which
> in my experience, it didn't. It was just a frustration and a discouragement.
>
> RH in particular has better graphically based tools for admin anyway, such as
> the network configurator and printtool. Maybe your experience with it is
> different to mine (it sure sounds it from the tone of your post). Fine.
>
> It just seems to me that there are better ways to go from both the ease of use
> and educational points of view.
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