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From: bobh@wasatch.com (Bob Hauck)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?)
Date: 4 Apr 1997 07:27:58 GMT
Organization: Wasatch Communications
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In article <33457087.6003026@news.sprynet.com>,
lcappite@sprynet.com (Goatboy) writes:
> 2) MS has made computing easier. To install a prog in win95, u insert
They have made it appear easier when the new user is trying to do
something trivial. A pleasant "out of box" experience. They have
made it hopelessly obscure when it comes to doing difficult things or
trying to troubleshoot problems.
Their true contribution is that they have conditioned the public
to accept half-baked software that looks really cool but doesn't
really work all that well.
> the cd, and the install prog runs. With Linux, u switch to the cd, run
> some make commands, puts various files in various dirs, edit lots of
> config files written in greek, and on and on... Gee, which is easier?
rpm -i some-program.rpm
If you're really lazy, you use Glint and click on the pretty pictures.
Debian has simialar technology. Seems pretty easy to me.
And unlike Windows, you don't have to reboot the machine because the
program you just installed scribbled all over your boot files and
system libraries. Which breaks three other programs that just happen
to be from competitors.
The "run some make commands" thing that you deride is actually a
feature though. How many Windows programs come with source? How
many can be run on machines as diverse as Intel, Alpha, and SPARC?
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Bob Hauck bobh@wasatch.com
Wasatch Communications Group http://www.wasatch.com