linux = impossible? (no offense meant!)

[ln @post.com]

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From: JoeHill <joehill-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 10:47:44 -0500
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: linux = impossible?  (no offense meant!)

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 10:19:15 -0500
"ln @post.com" <linuxnewbie-pCGr9Sw2R8Y at public.gmane.org>
 uttered:

> Thought you would all get a chuckle (I hope) from this e-mail my
> teenage (grade 12) son sent me.  Obviously he has a love-hate
> relationship with linux.
> 
> But, on the serious side, WHY is it so difficult to install
anything
> on linux?  Can't we make installing software as easy as it is on
> Windows?

That's a very common first impression with Linux, "why can't I
just
click on this thing and it works...?"

It's really *not* that difficult, it's just a different process than
most people are used to, so the perception is that it is more
difficult...


Re: ...there is room for improvement, but Linux software
Re: installation, even with distros that have excellent package management
Re: like Debian or Mandrake, is always going to be different, and for very
Re: *good* reasons, in regards to security and stability just to name a
Re: couple. Personally, I downloaded the amsn RPM package (latest), and
Re: from a root console (something newbs may or may not have to get used to
Re: at some point, in most cases, esp with teenagers, it actually makes them
Re: feel like a "l33t h4x0r") I typed "urpmi amsn [tab] [enter]" and there I
Re: was. I was actually surprised that someone had not added an amsn package
Re: to contribs or something...
Re: 
Re: What distribution was this software install happening on anyway?

Joe - My son installed it on a Red Hat 8 box.  Btb, I'll also pass your kind words along to him
-Peter



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