Re: Red Hat 6.2

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From: craig
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 00:00

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This is what I mean.  Wasted time is waste time.
As I have seen it written many times "Linux is free only if your time costs you
nothing"

Now maybe we need to distinguish setup time and down time here but I still think
Warp Server for ebusiness would be a better bet for "non *nix" peoples.

Craig

James Moe 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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Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.2
Date: 2000/10/22
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