linux = impossible? (no offense meant!)

Byron Desnoyers Winmill lists-Gb8Tj4xcA4YgsBAKwltoeQ at public.gmane.org
Tue Nov 11 20:49:04 UTC 2003


On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 12:18:43PM -0500, Keith Mastin wrote:
> I get a kick out of these 'server config gui thingies'... sysadmins using
> webmin to configure something and never realizing that the thingy can only
> unleash maybe 10% of the apps' potential.

Using a GUI thingy to configure it only discourages them from reading the
manual, which is a bad thing for sysadmins -- IMHO.

> some people are just much better off taking the bus.

I'll try not to take offence: I take the bus because driving is a horrible
waste of a mind.  However, Linux is a great waste of a mind ...

Byron.
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