On 01-May-97 Kevin Traas wrote: >> The only people who have reasonably stable Windows machines are the tech >> heads and geeks who have the time, ability, and the inclination to mess >> about it with it for days and weeks on end. > >Funny. Sounds like most Linux people I know.... However, I resent being >called a "geek".... <grin> > >(Just to add some "valuable" input here: Sure, Linux is stable >"out-of-the-box", but there's a lot of work to do before you've got a >machine that can do everything you need/want it to - and, IMHO, it's not >all that easy and quite beyond non "tech-heads" and "geeks".... > >Take, for instance, a PPP connection to an ISP. Under Win95, even the >BDU's I support have done this with little help on my part (oh, BDU=Brain >Dead User - my "pet name" for non-techies....<g>). Doing this in Linux is >a little more difficult - and you've still got the browser, e-mail, etc. to >install & config....
I would just like to point out that (even though I do have substantial experience with Linux and Debian) I had never used PPP until a couple of weeks ago. When I wanted to get PPP up, I edited /etc/resolv.conf (with the ISP's DNS server and /etc/ppp.chatscript (with the ISP's phone number) and amazingly it worked. It took something like 2 minutes to be up and running. Things can (and do) change. With the number of people using Linux and Debian for PPP connections, it was inevitable... > >I'm not a Windoze "lover"; however, each OS certainly has it's strengths >(and weaknesses) and, I guess, if holding onto one particular OS is a >religious/faith thing for people, then I'm one to take the best piece out >of every pie...) > I agree. For the first time ever I have been able to specify the OS for the machine I use at work. I am dual booting Linux and W95 (so that I can still communicate with others here). As I see it, there is usually little choice in which OS you get to use... Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
