Re: When will Linux distros 'get it'?
From: Ruel Smith (NoWay_at_NoWhere.com)
Date: 07/28/04
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:58:57 -0400
mjt wrote:
> it was a "i'm a this, i installed suse, rant rant.
> purely anecdotal.
Usually, when someone pats themselves on the back in such a manner, they
don't have the credibility to backup their claims.
>> and have been using SecureCRT under Windows ever since.
>
> ... not sure how that relates to Linux
>From their website:
"SecureCRT provides security for remote access, file transfer, and data
tunneling by combining the open Secure Shell protocol with rock-solid
terminal emulation."
It has nothing to do with development. I guess he uses gcc from there?
>> I tried again today on a different machine - a Suse-only install. Yast
>> once again locked up, this time while 'analyzing my system'. After
>> ripping out and reinstalling every damn piece of hardware on the box,
>> I found that it didnt like the existing windows install on the sole
>> hard drive, which I expected it to warn me about but happily delete
>> and repartition for me (is that asking too much?).
>
> .... that is bull$hit. that paragraph relates to
> computer inexperience:
>
> "ripping out and reinstalling every damn piece of hardware on the box"
>
> << oh, please >> talk about overkill.
I guess when Windows breaks down, he reinstalls it?
> ... see. lack of knowledge or understanding. "changing
> back to text based yast and could not get x to start..."
> "reboot ... command line ... kde ... startkde ... startx"
>
> completely clueless. and asking noone with knowledge,
> i'm sure.
Didn't he say that he _could_ do sysadmin?
>> This reminded me that breaking X by making a seemingly common and
>> simple config change which would be trivial in windows was one of the
>> irritating linux desktop behaviors which got me off it in the first
>> place.
>
> ... oh, reaLLY!?!??! change ONE byte in the winders
> registry and see what happens to it.
At least you can enter Midnight Commander and replace the X86Config file
with a working one and get back. What are you going to do if the Registry
locks up your machine? Wipe...reinstall...
Anyway, that was a nice breakdown of his credibility.
-- The manual said to install Windows 2000 or better... So I installed SuSE Linux 9.1!
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