Jon Pennington wrote:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Michael Salmon wrote:
When I run Linux KDE is what I see most. The file system part is also important to me as a user, I have used smbfs and hfs a couple of times, never as an administrator.
KDE is what you see because that's what the administrator wants you to see. That's not to say that you can't (as a user) change that in most situations, but if your administrator would rather you use twm, he/she/it could find a way to make that happen.
On the same note, using smbfs and hfs are not tasks that average users undertake. If you had to use those, that would mean that your administrator was not doing his job, or you simply have too much free time ;).
A *user* needs three things:
1. An environment to work in (KDE, X by itself, or a simple console) 2. A toolset to do thier work with (Word processor, CAD application, etc.) 3. A place to put thier work (/home/$USER/work, /dev/lp0, ftp:// etc.)
If these three things are not provided, the administrator is not doing thier job. My wife (a user) doesn't care about sharing files with the Mac user in the next apartment over, but if she did, it would be my job (as the administrator) to ensure that these paths are provided.
So there is no difference between Solaris, Linux or CP/M for that matter. The various OS's only make life easier or harder for administrators. Given that then as a user I would want the OS that gives me the widest range of applications and hardware support and my administrator has the job of making it work. /Michael -- This space intentionally left non-blank. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/