Comment Ho-hum, another ain't Linux great article (Score 3) 222
I am tired of reading this propaganda. I use Linux happily on a number of computers. I also use Win98 and NT on a number of computers. I like Linux for many reasons but ease of use isn't one. Installing RH Linux easier than Win98? You must be joking. You compare BETA releases of the MS OS with Linux? Why? Win98 and RH 5.2 both offer disk or cd-rom boot up (depending on BIOS capabilities). Both offer the same "easy" disk administration (compare MS fdisk and RH disk druid). Both offer on the spot LAN Network configuration. None of these can be recommended to the novice. Now try setting up a dial up configuration: Win98 click an icon, answer a few questions on numbers, modem device (which more likely than not is autodetected) and tell it the name of your mail server and news server and you are pretty much Internet ready. Don't have an ISP... MS helps you look for one. Sure, your choices are limited but that's easy. Easy == lack of control.
Try installing Linux on a machine with a CD Writer or ISDN card or TV card. I ain't saying it isn't possible but it sure isn't as easy as Windoze.
Your article began promising to tackle the real issues of using Linux and ended being a propaganda piece. When are all the Linux hackerz going to realise that by giving people the false impression about Linux you are doing more harm than good?
Take Joe User: he reads this, is tired of Windoze, thinks "okay, Linux ain't so scary I'll try it." Buys the CD. Puts it in... oh dear, his AGP video card isn't on the list... what to do? Download some guys source and compile it. Oh dear his standard issue network card (say DLink DFE 530TX for sake of argument) isn't standard either. What about his ISDN card???
Net result: Joe User is never to be seen using Linux.
Tell people the truth! Linux ain't Windoze. It has power, raw power but it won't making using it easy. If you like OSs you'll like Linux. If you think a computer should be something you turn on and start using productively it ain't for you (without some expensive consultancy fees).
Try installing Linux on a machine with a CD Writer or ISDN card or TV card. I ain't saying it isn't possible but it sure isn't as easy as Windoze.
Your article began promising to tackle the real issues of using Linux and ended being a propaganda piece. When are all the Linux hackerz going to realise that by giving people the false impression about Linux you are doing more harm than good?
Take Joe User: he reads this, is tired of Windoze, thinks "okay, Linux ain't so scary I'll try it." Buys the CD. Puts it in... oh dear, his AGP video card isn't on the list... what to do? Download some guys source and compile it. Oh dear his standard issue network card (say DLink DFE 530TX for sake of argument) isn't standard either. What about his ISDN card???
Net result: Joe User is never to be seen using Linux.
Tell people the truth! Linux ain't Windoze. It has power, raw power but it won't making using it easy. If you like OSs you'll like Linux. If you think a computer should be something you turn on and start using productively it ain't for you (without some expensive consultancy fees).
