Comment Doing something different than everybody else..... (Score 1) 930
hmm.. Good one I think.
The problem is, I think, that most (server) applications are set up with some sort of expert using a console interface in mind.
Windows applications on the other hand, are set up with a graphical interface in mind.
With linux applications, I usually find that to make it as secure as possible and tweak all settings you simple cannot do with a graphical interface. Might be the interface, but in windows you also see people exploring the registry.
I think in time, on linux, when configurations get less cryptic and default settings get more usable in most situations (in which the community is already doing a great job btw) most common things can perfectly be done by a graphical interface (I already see myself adding virtual domains to my webserver by linux-config-httpd).
But in the end, the problem always remains (the way I see it): The end user always wants something different than the rest and thus, the administrator wants something different than can usually be done by graphical interface. So you need a console (or registry).
Ofcourse, doing something different than the rest, is what our commerce exists from. What else could be a reason to choose one product above another :D
Ofcourse, there'll be dozens of other ways of looking at this, thus: Happy discussing :D
The problem is, I think, that most (server) applications are set up with some sort of expert using a console interface in mind.
Windows applications on the other hand, are set up with a graphical interface in mind.
With linux applications, I usually find that to make it as secure as possible and tweak all settings you simple cannot do with a graphical interface. Might be the interface, but in windows you also see people exploring the registry.
I think in time, on linux, when configurations get less cryptic and default settings get more usable in most situations (in which the community is already doing a great job btw) most common things can perfectly be done by a graphical interface (I already see myself adding virtual domains to my webserver by linux-config-httpd).
But in the end, the problem always remains (the way I see it): The end user always wants something different than the rest and thus, the administrator wants something different than can usually be done by graphical interface. So you need a console (or registry).
Ofcourse, doing something different than the rest, is what our commerce exists from. What else could be a reason to choose one product above another
Ofcourse, there'll be dozens of other ways of looking at this, thus: Happy discussing
