On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:50:59 +0300 (AST)
"David Robertson"
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There's a link in today's BBC news - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3601710.stm What's going to happen when all these people start running Linux? OK, there are sysadmins, but many of them will install it at home as well.
Tools like YAST, apt, red carpet etc., can remove the pain of learning the command line syntax of rpm (at some cost, obviously), and comfortable gui-based tools like these will predominate in the future. I remember having to set up my first Linux box with dozens (or at least it seemed like dozens) of self edited config files, but most can now be done automagically. I only edit the odd file now to tweak it, as most of the general settings are, if not optimum, adequate. The issue here is that someone wanted to use the command line, but could not understand the man page. Perhaps the best advice would be "Use Yast2" rather than the many varieties of the rpm command that were offered......
Have a good day, everyone.
Agreed.
This is a great list.
Sometimes! Terence