🚀 go-pugleaf

Although I am still relatively new to Linux, I thought the whole idea
behind Linux was the fact that it is not proprietary, that if you need
to make something work, you could do it yourself. Isn't the idea that
you don't have to depend on Microshaft to come out with at patch to
make something work really a defining characteristic of the OS. It is
open source so that you can dig into it, and get a little dirty, and
make it work for you. This has just been my take on it, but this is
also why I use Linux. It is indeed not the easiest OS on the market,
but is the easiest always the best, I am not so sure.

melvin.....



In article <39F22B93.2D348B5F@rtd.com>,
  James Moe <sma@rtd.com> wrote:
> craig wrote:
> >
> > Agree totally David,  Mandrake is pretty cool BUT I am dissapointed
in
> > Linux.  Its really shit to work with.  Every configuration is a
nightmare
> > and requires you read a heap of unrelated material to get the info
you
> > require.  User interfaces look nice work like Dogs.  Clunky old X
Windows is
> > pretty crap in comparison to WPS
> >
>     Yes, unix has always been opaque to users and administrators
alike.
> That's why unix admins get the big bucks.
>     Linux has only slightly improved the situation. I have been
looking
> for information on how to mount a tape drive (DAT dds2, scsi
internal).
> Of the two books on linux (over a 1000 pages each) there is a total of
> one and a half pages on tape drives with no mention of how to mount
one,
> or what to do if mounting fails.
>     Grrrr....
>
> --
> sma at rtd dot com
>


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