Pete <[email hidden]> spoke thusly...
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"Technician" <[email hidden]> wrote
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IMO, those who own a car should know the basics. how to change oil, how to check oil, how to
change air filter, how to change plugs, how to check tire pressure and top off if needed, and
how to change a tire.
To some, these may seem a bit much, to others, these may seem like not enough. Now, for
computers, same goes. if you are going to have a network, you better god damn well at least know
how to set up the basics like an IP address/subnet. and if you are setting up DHCP, know _how_
to set up DHCP.
But that is just my opinion.
Change oil? Change plugs? That's a bit much for the average driver, Trav. Get it wrong, and you've
lunched the engine.
Changing the oil costs about $15 at Jiffoline. Doing it myself costs about $7. AND take care not
to spill any on the driveway. AND make sure you have all the parts/spplies before you start. (Oh
[censored]...this car needs a new crush washer every time you take out the drain plug. Too bad all the
oil is out, I can't go get a new one.) AND I have to find somewhere to dispose of it.
Subnets? IP address? DHCP? Gobbldygook. I know how to do all of the above, and you might....but
most don't. And they shouldn't need to. For a simple sharing between home PC's, it *should* be
simple. Hell...an awful lot of people have never updated the stock antivirus def's that came with
the PC 2 years ago. Nor updated the OS. Why do you think we still get scanned for old trojans?
I've seen far too many people that get lost past point and shoot. Some people just *do not get
it*. But those are the ones that buy stuff.
This is why Linux is not ready for prime time.
Pete RTFM indeed
Hate to tell you, linux is already in prime time. I know for one, my ISP uses linux servers, all my
past ISPs used linux servers. my old college used Windows NT, but hell, they are a bunch of know
nothings anyway ("there are not 8 bits in a byte you dumbass, there are 7"😉. that's why i left
there. hell, even my own psudo-ISP (aka, accepts dial-ins for services and internet, but one 4.8K
modem does not quite qualify) runs linux.
But for the most part, a lot of ISPs are using linux, as well as millions of people as individuals.
You can't go by their stock, or the number of linux sales for the reason that linux is FREE. (boxed
retail versions come with a manual and a few pockets full of applications.) a lot of people that use
it just download
it. if i recall a while back, one of the Mandrake Linux mirrors reported a figure of about
350,000 downloads (counted when file is started so as to not include resumes). and that's
just one mirror.
I am not trying to start a "use linux, not microsoft" thread (notice, no mention on the pros/cons
of either os), i was just pointing out that linux is bigger than the folks at M$ would have you
belive. Microsoft is in it for the money, so they count their earnings as their successes. Linux is
in it to provide a free alternative to Unix, thus, they count their successes by the number of
users using their OS.
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~Travis
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