[Wolves] the old cruel core (again!!)
David Goodwin
david at codepoets.co.uk
Tue Jul 5 07:03:59 BST 2005
>
> Well I mean to people who are used to m$. Well then again, no gui and the
> whole of linux can be cruel. Config files in etc. like configuring a basic
> ftp server (with security). NAT, also. don't work out of of the box. no gui
> to set it up. They shitty system-config-packages gui <--- what was red hat
> thinking? No dvd support. No hints on third party repos for yellow dog update
> modifier commad. Having to configure the yum.conf Just to get mp3 support.
> An ugly boot screen..........OK maybe not this one.No browser plugins setup
> when installed, flash java, etc.
I didn't realise windows came with these plugins installed?
> First time setting up java browser plugin
> manually for someone who comes from an M$ environment I imagine would be
> quite a task. My mother couldn't do it. to be honest it would take her 2
> weeks with a step by step walkthrough...
> oh and no compiling CUPS support for kde print.
I totally admit we're not there yet, but then again most people wouldn't
be able to reinstall a Windows computer anyway (I know my mother
definately couldn't).
David.
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