On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 09:43, Lamar Owen wrote:
Fact is, Linux in its current state, thanks to the wonderful supportive mailing lists (for all distributions, not just this one) is not suited for newbies. Newbies be warned: you will be ridiculed for just wanting the system to work. (yes, a sizable dose of sarcasm to be found there...)
I think that says more about the state of current distributions than the users, and the fact that they are correct in seeking new ones.
... showing their ignorance to the fact that the initscript can get blown away in an RPM update at whim, but that the config file wasn't ever overwritten...
Isn't it always up to the whim of the RPM builder what gets blown away and what is preserved? Did you just mean that the config file hasn't been changed recently?
No, Linux isn't for newbies, and ninety percent of the time it's not the distribution's fault.
What is it that could be explained that couldn't be scripted?