>> Letting someone use gparted to partition his disk who doesn't know >> anything about partitioning will probably end in a big data desaster. >> And whom will this user blame for it? Certainly not himself for doing >> tasks he doesn't understand but the GUI for letting it do him (even if >> it has big warnings). >> > > The user can blame anyone he wants. The rest of the world shouldn't > care about that. I find this whole blaming angle very unproductive. > Should Gparted not exist? Should Synaptic? Or the PolicyKit editor? > Rapache? The LVM manager? All can be used to destroy data or create > security leaks. But all are used to save time for those that > understand how they work. > > And we have no problem with that. We have a problem with those who believe that such tools should be marketed to the uninitiated. This thread was started with the premise of doing what?
"What are your thoughts on having a server product that competes with Windows Server? Something which has a GUI, is very easy to manage and works best with Ubuntu workstations." "My theory is that people trying Ubuntu Server are probably Windows administrators and find it daunting that there's no GUI. If they don't turn away then, they turn away when they discover there's 48 chapters of Samba documentation to read through just to get a functional domain server. Very few administrators would see this as a viable replacement for their Windows server." You want to tell me that most Windows administrators cannot handle the command line and scripts? You want to tell me that Windows is 'very easy to manage'? Right. Maybe for setups that just use the bare minimum, does not use group policy and scripts. But guess what. Microsoft uses a predefined configuration and so they can release tools that automate that. I say give those in such situations a predefined configuration and a foolproof gui tool but then somebody opposes that. I point out that a gui that 'supports' everything is not suitable to the uninitiated then somebody accuses me of protecting my iron rice bowl and being some elitist jerk. So, short of an AI, I cannot think of something that will satisfy all you out there. If someone can use a manual drive, that one is free to drive a manual or an automatic. You don't blame the manual's designer if it cannot accommodate a person that only knows how to use an automatic nor a semi-automatic's designer if the person does not understand the effects of trying to start off in the highest gear. -- 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
