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Jason Stokes wrote:

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> As far as install goes, horrific installs are not unique to Win95
> upgrades. There are plenty of horrific Linux installs as well.
> 
Yes, but Linux does not *pretend* to be Plug&Play. Some measure of
control is given to the user during installation of Linux and it is here
where many problems start. Not so many problems in the programs as
problems with people rtfm.

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>> I rest my point re: many Linux newbies doing everything wrong.
> 
> > The beauty of linux is that you not only get to play with the toy -
> > you get to put it together.  And you get the satisfaction of having
> > mastered a difficult skill.
> 
> Big deal.  This was a major marketing angle of the Sirius Cybernetics
> Corporation in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", if you >remember.
> The frustration of using the system is entirely masked by the
> satisfaction of getting the system to work at all.  In other words,
> Linux's fundamental design flaws are entirely masked by its > superficial
> design flaws.

I don't understand why you cannot see the sophisticated level that Linux
runs on.

To justify that you truly understand what you're talking about, why
don't you explain (in detail) the "fundamental" and "superficial" design
flaws. 

I assume you are well aquainted with low-level OS kernel programming.

steve batson	
xbat@deakin.edu.au
Student in BA Sc(CS).