Re: [aclug-L] Linux on store shelves

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

don't let it get to you

the first time my wife installed ms windows it took her three days to get it
right.

once you've done it right once, it all clicks

jeffrey.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I sure wish you'd all stop saying how easy RedHat is to install.  I'm
> really getting an inferiority complex over this.  I wouldn't mind if an
> ACLUG member would install it for me, but I'm an ACLUG member and have
> installed it four or five times already.  (bad joke).  I'll get over this
> hurdle if it kills me.
>
> jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx on 03/20/99 09:55:10 AM
>
> Please respond to aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> To:   aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> cc:    (bcc: Jeffrey Hansen/BFTC/Bombardier)
> Subject:  Re: [aclug-L] Linux on store shelves
>
> Gpigman@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> > Excuse me if I'm wrong but after reading the Linux mag. the word " Free"
> > pertains to the source code. What someone else does to the code to ease
> the
>
> Yes, and more specifically, your freedoms with that code -- not the
> price of it.
>
> > installation and configuration is what you are paying for. If Linux is to
>  go
>
> To be sure, that code is generally GPL'd (and thus Free Software in
> the sense of freedom) as well.  What you're paying for when you buy a
> boxed version of RedHat off the store shelves is: the CD media itself,
> the manual included with it, and some phone support.
>
> Now, if you're an experienced Linux user, you probably don't need the
> manual and phone support, so you would just buy the CheapBytes version
> and be done with it.  Or, you may not go with RedHat at all, since its
> primary advantage rests with the (relative) ease of installation.
>
> > mainstream it will have to be easier to get running so the average Joe
> Blow > can get it running with minimal trouble. I'm no flipping genius, but
> unless > you really want to run Linux and read lots of HOW TO'S your not
> going to get > it running right. The only way I see to get the masses, not
> just the Computer
>
> Or you can let ACLUG people install it for you :-)
>
> > specialist or back room Hacker Mechanic (Which is what I consider myself)
> to > use it, is to do just what our good buddy Mr. Bill has done. Someone
> has to > stick it in a pretty box and sell it. It's all marketing. Nobody
> works for > Free. The only way to market a product like Linux is to is to
> make it for > everyone.
>
> Ease of installation and configuration is a hot topic these days.
> Things are happening in the Debian area especially in an effort to
> make 3.0 significantly easier to install and configure.  RedHat is
> already pretty easy compared to the others.
>
> Note that I'm abusing the word "easy" here (oops).  What I'm trying to
> say is that it is "easy to learn how to install" -- Debian is easier
> to install if you know what you're doing.
>
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