Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 08:54:37 10/04/02
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On October 04, 2002 at 11:27:01, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>On October 03, 2002 at 13:00:20, leonid wrote:
>
>If more nerds use it, it becomes more popular in overall numbers,
>but still only nerds will be capable to use it. the operation of
>linux is too difficult for the average person.
I installed RedHat8 the other day and it was a trivial thing to do. Also the
sound works. :) Email, Browser and an Office suite is installed and runs out of
the box as well. That's probably everything the average person needs and it was
as trivial to install as a Windows box. And I don't have to mount inserted CDs
by hand as well. A new window pops up, which shows the content of the CD.
>also getting hardware to work at it is hard. you even need an
>'automounter' ("WHAT??" asks the beginner) to install YOURSELF to get
>sound to work.
The Linux distros differ very much in these aspects. While distros like Debian
(GNU/Linux) or Slackware (not to speak of Linux from Scratch) are definitely
intended for nerds, the distros of RedHat and Suse (and maybe others I don't
know) are not. (I admit I have no idea how well Suse does in this area though)
I agree that getting hardware to work can be hard, but that's the typical
chicken-and-egg problem.
>default things like soundblaster live and such and the cheapest network
>cards do not work. you need to recompile kernel for that.
My network card was about 10USD and it worked w/o doing anything. Again, these
things differ from distro to distro. What is true for distro X is not
necessarily true for distro Y...
Sargon
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