There is absolutely no way I would have figured that out in under a week. The Ubuntu Community is great, especially with questions such as this, but for the average user (with limited technical knowledge or understanding) a GUI for these sorts of things would be a better solution.
That said, my family use Ubuntu with hardly any fuss, and have done for a couple of years. Maybe it's the fact they conincidently use well supported Dell laptops, but Ubuntu Just Works(tm) for them. -----Original Message----- From: ubuntu-devel-discuss-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-devel-discuss-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Dave Walker Sent: 28 August 2009 18:19 To: Dane Mutters Cc: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com; Jan-Michael Heller Subject: Re: Ubuntu Advanced? Dane Mutters wrote: <SNIP> > Just an example that I was arguing with yesterday: /etc/resolv.conf. > It's auto-generated by NetworkManager. I like NM; don't get me wrong, > but if you need to change the DNS (or other) settings from the command > prompt, it's really a pain. > > --Dane Hi Dane, Whilst i appreciate that is just an example, that particular issue can be overcome with, appending: "prepend domain-name-servers $SOME_DNS_SERVER,$DNS_SERVER_2;" to: /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf Then you have two DNS servers,at the top of /etc/resolv.conf Kind Regards, Dave Walker -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss ********************************************************************** It is the policy of the MPS that: MPS personnel (or agents working on behalf of the MPS) must not use MPS systems to author, transmit or store documents such as electronic mail (e-mail) messages or attachments: * containing racist, homophobic, sexist, defamatory, offensive, illegal or otherwise inappropriate material; * containing material requiring a protective marking higher than RESTRICTED, (and not higher than NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED across the internet) without the use of approved encryption; * containing personal data for use other than in accordance with the notification(s) under the Data Protection Act, 1998 of the system(s) from which the data originates. * This Email message has been scanned for viruses and contents. ********************************************************************** -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
