Re: Annoyance -- Linux requires one to become an instant systems administrator

On 27 Sep 2003 19:15:46 -0700
"R. Bruce" <[email protected]> insightfully noted:

>  "Windows is a luxuriously appointed prison cell.  Linux is an
>unassembled log cabin kit."  RB
>
>  What I find most annoying about Linux is that it requires an
>individual who wants to *use* Linux to immediately become a systems
>administrator.  That is to say, there doesn't seem to be a
>straightforward toehold from which one can begin *using* Linux without
>first learning a variety of bewildering and complex CLI-based tools and
>commands.  (Moreover, I'm mildly amused that many of the responses to
>annoyances submitted to this forum are answered by extremely
>administrator-intensive "solutions.")
<snippage>
>  I'm no fan of Microsoft, believe me.  But that fact remains I was
>able, without training or a third party book, able to quickly install
>Windows and create a *user* account that didn't constantly confront me
>with file and program access-level "error" messages.  In other words, I
>didn't constantly have to type in an Administrator-cum-root level
>password simply to use my computer.  
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Which is, of course, ONE of the reasons why M$ sytems are so very insecure.
Actually I set a RH 8.0 box up for my father-in-law who is in his late 70's
and recently bought his first computer.  After four months of screwing up his
Windows system (user error, virii, etc.) I installed Linux and he hasn't had a
single problem for almost a year now.  He doesn't even know the root password.
 for what he needs (e-mail, web browsing, a few games, an office suite) its
perfect.  And I am almost never called for help.  I was called more than once
a week with WinMe installed (it's now been completely removed; the box is
Linux ONLY)
Just my US$0.02,
Mike


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