Scott Robbins wrote:
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 03:18:23PM -0400, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Scott Robbins wrote:
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Oh - and how to install and use freenx/NX for remote access.
And then, you can give them one of the more important Linux lessons. Let them install FreeNX, go to the website and see the completely outdated docmentation. Learning how horrible so much of the documentation is, is probably an important part of being a Linux administrator. FreeNX, fortunately, has a CentOS wiki article, so let them google for it.
Not even being sarcastic here. Lack of good docoumentation is probably one of the biggest challenges facing the Linux user or
administrator.
Hey, you're being easy on them. Have them install and configure openLDAP, and find the documentation....
Heh--well, since I've written my own page on it, it's gotten better. RH didn't help by making some undocumented changes, but once again, the CentOS folks got it documented.
I did have some notes, but dunno if I ever emailed 'em to myself from my job in '06, but though it took me about a month, I managed to get it up, with the help of a dozen or so links, after wading through dozens of links, and lots of folks begging for help (and not getting any), and *way* outdated stuff....
I suspect LDAP documentation is one reason Active Directory became so popular. (Feed the troll, I'm hungry.) :)
Dunno. It was up there already. But then, M$$$ would make sure of that.
(Although the part about LDAP documentation is not trolling, I think it's pretty much an accepted thing. The Active Directory part was, of course, a troll.)
And their utterly inadequate tools.
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