Re: Samba on YDL 3--how?

From: Hiawatha Bray (watha_at_monitortan.com)
Date: 08/18/03 

Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:01:11 GMT

Thanks for the info, guys. But all that being said, wouldn't it make
sense to have a standard path for apps? I mean, is there a reason to
make it this obscure? Does it serve a purpose? Or would Linux work
just as well if all Linux apps installed in a standard way, just as
Windows and Mac apps do?

Declan MacLeod wrote:
> In article <P720b.5597$N37.3643@nwrdny02.gnilink.net>,
> Hiawatha Bray <watha@monitortan.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Not trying to pick a fight here, but come on...making things obscure is
>>hardly a virtue. Creating a standard path for installing new apps, so
>>that the user always knows where the executable is, seems like the
>>obvious way to go. It certainly is, if Linux is ever to appeal to
>>casual users like me. Otherwise, it's destined to remain the preserve
>>of fervent hobbyists and hard core techies. And who benefits from that?
>>
>
>
> I never said that it was good, bad or indifferent. The learning curve
> is steeper, yes. But isn't it generally true that the more versatile
> the tool, the steeper the learning curve? If you want to drive a car
> with a manual transmission, for instance, you have to take the time to
> learn how.
>
> Just as you've learned that when you install a Windows program there is
> a certain pattern of things you do (go here, click there), a Linux user
> soon learns that there is also a pattern to follow, the first step of
> which is usually to RTFMP (man page) or RTFRM (read me).
>

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