Changing IP Addresses

[Joshua Bergland]

There are definitely atleast two camps in the Linux world, those that 
want a much better desktop and user friendly OS, and one that wants a 
higly configurable and flexible OS. I think the ability to dig into a 
text file and change your settings by editing a couple of lines is 
great, and I do that all the time. I'm not intimdated by this at all, 
and the HowTo's are a wonderful resource.

I just don't buy the argument that making Linux user friendly will 
hinder the OS. It boggles my mind why there is a debate over whether GUI 
tools are necessary, of course they are. I think that us technical 
people who get this stuff enjoy digging into the OS and find it not to 
be that difficult.

Unless things change, I can't forsee Linux ever pentrating the desktop 
market. Of course, this may not be a goal of Linux either...

Josh Bergland

Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

>Please turn RichText/HTML formatting OFF for posts to the list.
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>>---- Original Message -----
>>From: Joshua Bergland
>>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.
>>
>
>So Windows is right to you, and you'll continue to support the William and
>Melinda Gates Foundation.
>
>HOWTOs and Text configuration files are one of the reasons Linux works so
>well and is so much more secure and flexible than commercial software.
>Being able to ssh into a system and edit a plain-text file is a great
>advantage over having to run something like MS SMS and use a three-bank
>relay of a GUI to change a config.  Learning the standard configuration
>procedures is part of the deal you make when you sign on to use Linux.  I
>think the GUI tools, the attempt to dumb-down configuration so any Windows
>troll can do it, and the attempt to imitate the MSWindows environment, bad
>implementations and all, are mistakes that will only hurt the progrress of
>Linux as a whole.
>