Linked by John Collins on Wed 4th Jun 2003 15:23 UTC
There seem to be many reviews on Red Hat 9.0, but all seem to be written by Linux junkies who really know their stuff. What about the MS Windows Convert? They say people like the first thing they use (i.e. if you learn to drive a manual transmission, you prefer it over automatic). If this is true, how does Red Hat 9.0 introduce a novice pc user to the world of computers? I hope to answer some of those questions in this tiny review.
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sorry to write that. but this article is very bad written. it has absolute no real content and value. what is the point of this article?
somehow i have the feeling, no matter how easy linux is getting, ppl always complain.
give them something wich is just copying a image to their hard disc (something like lindows) and they complain about the apps wich are not installed.
give them something so easy like suse, mandrake, redhat.... and they find some stupid stuff to complain about. (if you realy want to break something, then you can break it. no matter if windows, linux, os x, bsd, bla bla bla... every os can be fooled)
or give them something where they have full controll (gentoo, sorcerer, sourcemage, lunar, rock, etc) and they start complain about long compile time, cryptic things there and there...
or give them something wich boots up from a livecd and does not need a installation (knoppix, demo linux, etc) and they will find another reason to complain.
i can give you all just 2 advices:
advice 1)
you are serious about using one linux distro:
install the thing and use it. and if you find errors or something you don't like, then post/write/whatever a message/mail/whatever to the developer and tell him/her what you want changed. or change it yourself and submit the changes you made to them.
advice 2)
if you don't want to invest time in your os (wich is absolutly okay):
a computer is not a toy. if you see your computer as a tool wich enables you to do some things faster and better, compared to a manual task. then get something wich is easy as 1-2-3. get mac os x or windows and be happy with it.
why the hell is everyone trying to be a specialist in the it area? it is amazing me.
if i go to a big shop mall and go there to by a magazine, you see 10'000 magazines about computers and 10'000 magazines about finantial stuff. and those 2 areas are exactly the areas where everyone thinks he is the best of the best and understands everything.
after work, siting in a train back to home, you will NEVER ever hear some brokers, insurance workers, etc talk about a very difficult heart operation or about how to produce cheep enery or how to make a new drug or etc.
but you hear all the time stuff about computers. and all of them are experts! so i must be a idiot! i spend serval years in education about it technology and that kind of things! i am stupid! why did i wasted my time! gee... give me a break!
if you are a user you are a user! point!
if you want to be able to install and switch from one os to the other and know the deepest of the deepest inside a computer: sit down and invest time. and start to become a system admin, developer or something like this. but don't expect as a user to be able to do everything with a computer!
as a car driver you are not changing your motor engine and you are not changing the color of your car and all that kind of things! you go to a specialist to do that!
why do you expect a computer (wich is in some way much more complex then a car) to be any diffrend?
cheers
SteveB