Message-ID: <3C5EB25B.2010404@mrj412.com> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:07:26 -0600 From: Joshua Bergland <kclug@mrj412.com> Subject: Re: Changing IP Addresses
[Off Topic Rant]
I think this is a big problem in Linux, the configuration tools should
work out of the box. The user shouldn't have to remove the tools and
hunt down text files following a HOWTO file. Granted for the techy
people, this isn't too much of a challenge and the documents are usually
well written, but this is part of what drove me back to Windows.
One other thing that drove me back was a lack of software, or actually,
the inclusion of a lot of software that almost meets my needs. For
example, I found that Gnumeric works great and even imported my Excel
spreadsheet, but upon saving it, it couldn't. Doesn't make my use of
Linux easy when I have to boot into Windows just to get some work done.
Last thing: I quickly discovered that RPM dependency hell is worse that
Windows DLL ever was.
Ok, now that I got that out, I want to say that I continue to follow
Linux closely, and am looking forward to giving Mandrake 8.2 a go when
its released. Also, Linux as a server is awesome, and I use it when I
can, but as a desktop, its just not complete enough for me to be productive.
Now, I don't intend for this to be any sort of flamebait, just my opinion...
[End of Rant]
Josh Bergland
Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
>---- Original Message -----
>From: "Rusty" <kujayhawkbb@yahoo.com>
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>>... I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I've tried setting
>>it from the command line with ifconfig, with linuxconf (gui and
>>command line), netconf and netconfig.
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>And therein lies your problem. These utilities use different configuration
>schemes and overwrite each other. Configuring network hardware through
>linuxconf in particular is a Really Bad Idea.
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>I suggest, as I have before, that the first thing you do on a RedHat or
>Mandrake install is # rpm -e linuxconf. Then set about configuring your
>network according to the Network HOWTO, using the files in /etc/sysconfig
>and so forth.
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