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:osOpinion: Red Hat Linux 6.1 versus Windows 98: Rules of User Friendliness
osOpinion: Red Hat Linux 6.1 versus Windows 98: Rules of User Friendliness
Nov 25, 1999, 05 :14 UTC (35 Talkback[s]) (8013 reads)

(Other stories by Chris Stockdill)

[ Thanks to Kelly McNeill for this link. ]

"As a small contribution to the free source movement, allow me to assemble some motley "Rules" of user friendliness, as I step on a few land mines in the Red Hat Linux 6.1 installation and operation."

"I want the "vanilla" install. That is, the install for beginners, in the most simple way possible. No frills. Just the basics. Get the job done. I open up my Red Hat 6.1 "Standard edition" box (although the box does not actually have a label that identifies it as such) and open up the manual entitled "Installation Guide." ...Not till page 18 do I find a sentence telling that beginners should follow the "Workstation" class installation...which begs my first "rule"...

"Rule 1: Put the beginner stuff at the beginning."

"... let us Embrace reality... Linux is not yet user friendly. There's still a lot of work to do. Yet, we have great reason for hope."

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Here is good Linux with easy installatio ...   Had the same Novice Feelins myself!   
Fred Finster
Nov 25, 1999, 06:50:31
 
My ideal install would take one of two r ...   Sliding scales...fuzzy logic.   
damaged justice
Nov 25, 1999, 07:00:36
 
He doesn't know a thing about Linux  ...   Another Clueless Newbie   
Greg Brady
Nov 25, 1999, 07:13:40
 
One of my personal pet peeves is that mo ...   Do, or don't, there is no muddle   
The Scarecrow Repairman
Nov 25, 1999, 07:14:43
 
I was a Linux newbie 2 years ago. Twice  ...   Good description of my experience   
Garrick
Nov 25, 1999, 07:36:50
 
I had to smile reading this article. It  ...   Deja vu   
Tony
Nov 25, 1999, 08:30:37
 
So he is a (semi) clueless newbie. He ma ...   Re: Another Clueless Newbie   
Colin Walls
Nov 25, 1999, 08:46:59
 
Yeah!  But that's the point isn' ...   Re: Another Clueless Newbie   
Mark Spicer
Nov 25, 1999, 08:55:18
 
If my grandmother can install Linux, the ...   The granny test   
DrXym
Nov 25, 1999, 10:29:44
 
That is precisely the point of the piece ...   Re: Another Clueless Newbie--Read a bit more close   
dinotrac
Nov 25, 1999, 11:18:20
 
The beginner doesn't need very many  ...   Rule 8: Default install should be secure.   
Shiva
Nov 25, 1999, 12:31:34
 
He should have tried installing back in  ...   *** NO SUBJECT ***   
Tom Stoner
Nov 25, 1999, 13:26:43
 
Chris Stockdill ir right: KDE and GNOME  ...   He is absolutely right !   
john kompa
Nov 25, 1999, 13:44:30
 
I had followed recently a lot of such te ...   Win9x install vs Linux install => bad comparison   
Torsten Zirzlaff
Nov 25, 1999, 14:15:38
 
This story looks like a "install nightma ...   Clueless newbie? I don't think so.   
Bernd Paysan
Nov 25, 1999, 14:23:30
 
Hey guys,

Are you the kind of guy who s ...   What are you talking about?   
Akoma
Nov 25, 1999, 14:35:53
 
The problem is that I find it hard to re ...   Remember When ?   
Ozric
Nov 25, 1999, 14:54:41
 
Right on!Love it or hate it, MSFT sure e ...   Absolutely agree   
Miles Thompson
Nov 25, 1999, 15:27:17
 
One of the things that bugs me about Lin ...   Monitor frequencies...   
Jeff Cobb
Nov 25, 1999, 15:35:41
 
This could seem a somewhat bristling rep ...   Newbieitis   
alh
Nov 25, 1999, 15:54:27
 
You really can't cater to everyone.  ...   Help!   
Mike
Nov 25, 1999, 16:00:56
 
Isn't that the Linux Bible, publishe ...   HOWTO texts collected in one 1500 page book   
Fred Mobach
Nov 25, 1999, 16:32:10
 
Chris has expressed a number of good poi ...   Documentation concerns   
Alan W. Irwin
Nov 25, 1999, 16:55:06
 
> He doesn't know a thing about Linu ...   Re: Another Clueless Newbie   
Martin
Nov 25, 1999, 17:03:43
 
RH6.1 actually has a pretty good descrip ...   Re: Absolutely agree   
JC
Nov 25, 1999, 17:48:06
 
Today's clueless newbie is tomorrow& ...   Let's have more clueless newbies.   
SM
Nov 25, 1999, 19:54:14
 
I am new to linux, I find it hard to bel ...   Linux Install   
Exquisite Computer Resources
Nov 25, 1999, 20:46:14
 
I gotta say one thing, RedHat sucks.  I  ...   RedHat vs. Win98   
Anonymous
Nov 25, 1999, 22:15:29
 
Most Linux installs, that aren't bei ...   A Modest Proposal   
HiThere
Nov 25, 1999, 23:58:16
 
Polling the registry would be a very bad ...   Re: A Modest Proposal   
Jaime Herazo B
Nov 26, 1999, 02:40:14
 
Check this article out (right here in Li ...   No user/permision scheme? Not a good idea.   
Jaime Herazo B.
Nov 26, 1999, 02:58:44
 
I am not going to say how user-friendly  ...   How many newbie need to install windows anyway?   
Installer
Nov 26, 1999, 05:43:16
 
Me parece que el Red Hat es mucho mejor  ...   Solicito Informacion   
Alex
May 12, 2000, 21:45:52
 
Hi to you,
I'm sending this e-mail  ...   adviceMe   
adrian
Sep 11, 2000, 23:33:04
 
I have clicked on 11 of the links availa ...   NOT FOUND   
Jim Johnson
Oct 23, 2000, 15:13:28
 
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