🚀 go-pugleaf

Dr. Who wrote:

> Brian Mueller (mulder78@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
> : Chris Saunderson wrote:
>
> : >The simple message is - leave your windows baggage at the door when
> : >you enter Linux world. You _should_ be prepared to have to work at
> : >getting your machine stable, solid and working. If not, stay
> : >out!
>
> : I hate it when people say this. :( Why can't Linux be an OS that
> : competes with Windows, providing users with a choice? For that it must
> : be more user friendly. :-)
>
> This is precisely why I'm drifting every more quickly toward the *BSD
> camp.  I'm quite sick of seeing that Linux has become a trendy "Generation
> X" operating system.  The fact of the matter is that Linux is doing more
> or less what Microsoft does.  Even though it's not commercial, it
> certainly behaves that way.  Everyone is too busy trying to support every
> new crap hardware device that comes out on the market, but is not giving
> much thought to improving what already exists (ie: the "good" hardware
> support).  Do we *really need* plug and pray support under Linux?  I
> think not.  Especially judging by the typically poor quality of that
> type of hardware to begin with.
>

What is so bad if a new piece of hardware is supported by an OS.  I can agree
with you that LINUX/Unix needs "good" Hardware. But imagine you need new
Hardware (eg. ISDN or SoundCards) this hardware is usually PlugNPray "Crap".

> I know this has nothing (or little) to do with the topic here, but I"m
> on a roll.. please bear with me...
>
> I pick up Linux Journal once in a while...  then I look at SysAdmin
> and Unix Review magazines.  Every time I see some mention of Linux
> or some Linux distribution (with the exception of the rather conservative
> Slackware) I see something about 'point and click' and 'making Linux
> more user friendly'.
>
> Once again, Microsoft is invading... but this time, they've taken us
> with them.
>
> You're quite correct to say that you should just completely forget about
> Windows when you start running Unix, because it's a whole different
> ball game.  We don't need to introduce the same problems just to be
> compatible and trendy.  Much the way that the "World Wide Web" brought
> the moron to the internet, and Windows brought the moron to the computer,
> Linux will soon follow in bringing the moron to Unix.  I see it here all
> the time.  Sure, we were all "new users" at one time, but most of us (at
> least the die-hard old-schoolers) learned early on to READ READ READ
> rather than POST POST POST.
>

Why is Micosoft so powerfull ? BillyBoy knows excatly what those
!(die-hard-old) Users need.
Insert the CD and pray that everything works fine. This gives a huge number
of Users esp. in the non commercial environment. We make the experience every
day : In the first time of computer history the commercial usage of computers
is pushed by the private usage. Why ? Everybody has an Win95 Box at home and
sees the difference in user interfaces. The one simple (maybe sometimes not
working but ...) and the other one for non UNIX Users "cryptic".

What happened to LINUX ? I am using a Distribution (SUSE Linux 5.0 Kernel
2.0.30 XFree 3.3) with only "good" Hardware.
I booted with the CD, configured IP and X11 -> that was all. The Station is
running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

From my point of view this is a good way. Otherwise UNIX will disappear.

> Maybe I'm just bitter...  anyhow, my apologies for the rant... I've been
> just dying to get that off my chest.
>
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