[Ilugc] Laments of a Linux-Newbie..
- From: joe_steeve@xxxxxxx (Joe Steeve)
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:30:27 +0530 (IST)
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Hello.,
From: "Rajendran" <rajendran@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:42:37 +0530
this group even. But, then, how do you explain the SIMILAR STATE OF
HELPLESSNESS that my network engineers displayed (guys who had
installed red hat distributions almost every other week and tweaked
with stuff no end)?
Ok., I understand your situation. A M$ System Administrator/ Engineer
is a person who can install a driver package or something similar. He
(most of the time) dosent even know what the heck booting is all
about. However he is not to blame. The blame is on M$ for making
things seem too easy to the layman. People with very less knowledge of
the inner system get to be titled with big `designations'. How many
times does a M$ System engineer get to check the processes loaded in
memory., or check the VxDs active in memory., or anything like
that.
This may not work with GNU/Linux (or any other UNIX). Here, a basic
assumption is made that people have something in their heads about how
things work.. just a basic information. This assumption is very much
required., coz.. too much of a easy installation procedure cuts out on
the flexibility of the package which is a major compromise to a
technical person.
A person dosent become a geek in GNU just because he installs a distro
every single day. Doing so just makes him a monotonous machine
programmed to pour ketchup over whatever is kept before him without
even checking whether it is a pizza or a cake. I'm not trying to
undermine your engineers. I'm suggesting that probably they probably
lack the technical expertise to _install_ a GNU system. This happens a
lot of times., coz.. people assume expertise in GNU/Linux after their
successful first time installation just because they are so after a
first time installation of a M$ OS. This may seem as an advantage.,
but actually it is not. Letting a program take critical decisions
instead of you may prove fatal.
This may seem a bit difficult to you right now. But i suggest that you
stick on a bit. Be a bit pushy in finding out things rather than
blaming it. Most of the people on this list have a working GNU system
just because there is a way to do things., and they bothered to figure
it out. The way may not be easy everytime.. but it is worth the
struggle.
Cheers,
Joe
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http://www.joesteeve.tk/
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