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Lang Murphy
I've said it many time before, and I'll say it again... nix ain't ready for
"Joe Normal."
Sorry, I forget the person who suggested I try PCLinuxOS, and, that said, I
d/l'd it today and installed it on a desktop. (Tried installing it on a
laptop with a wireless NIC, but, uh, no go?)
So I installed PCLOS, as it's called, on a desktop. Install went OK. Got to
the desktop fine. Where's the Network icon? None. How does one access the
local network? Ah, open "My Computer". Heh, heh, heh... then open "Remote
Places." Then open "Local Network", only to receive the msg "The Lisa daemon
does not appear to be running. In order to use the LAN browser, the Lisa
daemon must be installed and activated by the system administrator."
Uh, OK... where does one go from here? (NOT looking for answers from nix
folks, it's a rhetorical question.)
Is it so hard to put a "Network" icon on the desktop?
Is it so hard to have that functionality be transparent to the user? Is the
"Joe Normal" user going to know how to log on as administrator and install
and activate the Lisa daemon? Uh, no?
OK... this may appear to be an attack on nix... it's not, believe me. Were
one to have the time to determine how to install and activate the Lisa
daemon... well, no issue, right? One can figure it out -eventually-, right?
And, of course, I'm not saying that Vista is "issue free." That said... when
I install Vista, I get a "Network" icon on the desktop that takes me right
to the stuff I'm tryng to access. No "install Lisa daemon" stuff...
So, yeah, Vista's not "issue free." We all know it, and I'd be a dope to
claim otherwise.
And I -am- most interested in trying different nix distros ones that might
be considered "Joe Normal" friendly.
Have yet to discover -that- nix distro.
And, no, don't tell me Ubutnu. Been there, done that.
Lang
"Joe Normal."
Sorry, I forget the person who suggested I try PCLinuxOS, and, that said, I
d/l'd it today and installed it on a desktop. (Tried installing it on a
laptop with a wireless NIC, but, uh, no go?)
So I installed PCLOS, as it's called, on a desktop. Install went OK. Got to
the desktop fine. Where's the Network icon? None. How does one access the
local network? Ah, open "My Computer". Heh, heh, heh... then open "Remote
Places." Then open "Local Network", only to receive the msg "The Lisa daemon
does not appear to be running. In order to use the LAN browser, the Lisa
daemon must be installed and activated by the system administrator."
Uh, OK... where does one go from here? (NOT looking for answers from nix
folks, it's a rhetorical question.)
Is it so hard to put a "Network" icon on the desktop?
Is it so hard to have that functionality be transparent to the user? Is the
"Joe Normal" user going to know how to log on as administrator and install
and activate the Lisa daemon? Uh, no?
OK... this may appear to be an attack on nix... it's not, believe me. Were
one to have the time to determine how to install and activate the Lisa
daemon... well, no issue, right? One can figure it out -eventually-, right?
And, of course, I'm not saying that Vista is "issue free." That said... when
I install Vista, I get a "Network" icon on the desktop that takes me right
to the stuff I'm tryng to access. No "install Lisa daemon" stuff...
So, yeah, Vista's not "issue free." We all know it, and I'd be a dope to
claim otherwise.
And I -am- most interested in trying different nix distros ones that might
be considered "Joe Normal" friendly.
Have yet to discover -that- nix distro.
And, no, don't tell me Ubutnu. Been there, done that.
Lang