Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 65.41.246.56]
on August 28, 2007 12:24 AM
Nobody listen to this idiot. He doesn't have a clue. This is relatively new technology and it turns out it is easier to get connect than the above instructions lead you to believe. As far as a GUI is concerned GNU/Linux has a GUI for just about anything and everything Microsoft Windows does. It just so happens Verizon doesn't support GNU/Linux and that is why people are posting instructions on how to get it to work. This just didn't happen to be the easiest way and in the near future the GUI(if it isn't already) will be better and easier to use than Verizon's Microsoft Windows software. Given the few people who use this technology at the moment it really doesn't matter if GNU/Linux has good support or not. The first adopters are most likely technical users anyway who will write the GNU/Linux software.
Your perception of the typical GNU/Linux user is flat wrong. It just shows your arrogance. I work with a broad range of GNU/Linux users and many are not so technical these days. Everybody is using GNU/Linux and open source software these days on the desktop. Some of the people I've worked with are teachers, students, analysts, web designers, grounds keepers (dead people), etc. GNU/Linux has grown up and is being used everywhere. GNU/Linux users do not normally if ever run mail servers on desktop computers. The standard install doesn't include it in any modern GNU/Linux distribution by default.
The last time I checked FTP server software isn't even included in any modern distribution either. SFTP is, but it doesn't start by default and may not even be included in the default install on a desktop distribution. Neither do desktop distributions include apache (or any other web serving software). Most web servers are running GNU/Linux with Apache so to call it a 'hack' is just non-sense. Microsoft Windows is more buggy than GNU/Linux. I have never seen GNU/Linux crash- yet everybody has seen the Blue Screen of Death. Programs on all three major desktops crash from time to time... so wake up or shut up.
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Re: really boring stuff
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 65.41.246.56] on August 28, 2007 12:24 AMYour perception of the typical GNU/Linux user is flat wrong. It just shows your arrogance. I work with a broad range of GNU/Linux users and many are not so technical these days. Everybody is using GNU/Linux and open source software these days on the desktop. Some of the people I've worked with are teachers, students, analysts, web designers, grounds keepers (dead people), etc. GNU/Linux has grown up and is being used everywhere. GNU/Linux users do not normally if ever run mail servers on desktop computers. The standard install doesn't include it in any modern GNU/Linux distribution by default.
The last time I checked FTP server software isn't even included in any modern distribution either. SFTP is, but it doesn't start by default and may not even be included in the default install on a desktop distribution. Neither do desktop distributions include apache (or any other web serving software). Most web servers are running GNU/Linux with Apache so to call it a 'hack' is just non-sense. Microsoft Windows is more buggy than GNU/Linux. I have never seen GNU/Linux crash- yet everybody has seen the Blue Screen of Death. Programs on all three major desktops crash from time to time... so wake up or shut up.
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