Alexander wrote:
>I can only be hoping that sometimes in the next 6.x version SuSE will
>achieve the same easy to install featured distro as Caldera does.
It has been a while since I installed Caldera,and I agree they _might_
have a slight edge on SuSE in install ease, at least for first time
installers. However, to me it is a minimal advantage for the experienced.
>In this case more people and businesses can say good buy to Windoze
>forever.
Didn't Linus say Linux would achieve world domination "sometime next
year"? :-)
>We must understand that the way that any OS should be designed is install
>and run without system tuning, hair pulling, infinite tweaking and crying
Linux certainly has room for improvement in these areas, but I still see
the need to tweak things for years to come. Even HAL had to be tweaked.
>for help on the mailing lists. The defenders of the command line
>interface
Usenet and mailing lists are an incredible resource, especially compared
to the normally dismal support you get from the majors. (MS, Sybase, etc.)
>and a blank screen will be disagreed but system, users, printers, network
>and everything administration must be done in GUI, otherwise it won't
>work
>in business world.
In a world dominated by MS, this is true. But paradigms shift, and maybe
more MS assimilated techs and sophisticated users will come to appreciate
the command line and the extremely rich command heritage UNIX offers.
Also, gui's in themselves are worthless without an appropriate
application. A graphical artist would be unhappy in vi or emacs, and I
would assume a admin would find editing /etc/lilo.conf tough in the gimp.
My point is to use the right tool for the right job. GUI <> silver_bullet
I, for one, am sick of MS's monolithic monsters like Access or Excel. I
like the UNIX idea of small fast single purpose tools.
>There is no way to spend a weeks even hours for editing most of
>configuration files manually when your whole business depends on Linux.
>Just install and go!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Pleeeeeez!
Even MS does not provide anything that is "Just install and go".
Maybe "install and go home and cry!"
Editing configuration files is one area that gui's are weakest. Give me a
console and vi anyday over MS style dialog boxes.
In closing, I agree that things like Kde and gnome are necessary to
attract a wider audience, however, don't lose sight of Linux's traditional
strengths.
It is pretty obvious that X is relatively unstable, so I hope that as
more GUI
apps emerge, that Linux will not become regarded as unstable, as Win is.
Later.
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