Something's Amiss in the Linux Community

Really Linux website for Linux beginners ^ | June 08, 2005 | Walter V. Koenning

[ThePythonicCow]

Perhaps a concerted effort is being made to counter the Linux threat to Microsoft?

[familyop]

It's certainly a passionate piece. Linux is okay, although it was still just a little buggy and insecure for me. And liking software that we can also use for commercial projects legally better suited to closed source, I prefer the BSD license.

http://www.netbsd.org/

[familyop]

And yes, I suspect that software companies use some insidious propaganda techniques in efforts to get more of the market. After all, it's money and power.

[The Duke]

An interesting article, but I would caution readers to be carful about approaching Linux. After all, it *is* in its infancy and requires users to type commands to get anything done.

Did I mention it was in its infancy?

[Nick Danger]

Did I mention it was in its infancy?

Yeah, but you forgot the part about "not ready for prime time."

By the way, it's not ready for prime time. I tried to install that there linux once, and it blew up and killed my puppy.

[onef]

Linux ping

[ThePythonicCow]

I trust you speak with tongue in cheek.

[Bulwark]

After all, it *is* in its infancy and requires users to type commands to get anything done.

It's fantastic really, that typing. You have to type the "administrator" password to install spyware, instead of the windows default of just installing spyware with no checks. Other than that, no typing involved.

[AppyPappy]

You've never used it, have you?

[ShadowAce]

[N3WBI3]

long winded and it really did not say anything huge.. Linux has a bigger profile than it did a few years back so there are trolls poping up and taking shots at it now.. and *GASP* some of them dont know what they are doing on a Linux system and still they say they 'know' its hard to use..

[JoJo Gunn]

So, MS is once again having "dead people" stir up a "grassroots " effort against Linux? Why am I not surprised?

[ShadowAce]

Yup. I connect through ICS on my Windows box and through my Wintel modem--both under Linux.

[N3WBI3]

When you used windows did you have to give a password to connect? I know my mother in law did so on her verizon windows?

[N3WBI3]

Ok a little more detail for you (I pulled this from http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DSL-HOWTO/configure.html)

tdlp.org is the linux documentation project, very handy site..

If you are using fedora, or redhat try system-config-network (or redhat-config-network in older releases). Create a new device and you can give youre information that the dsl router will want..

[N3WBI3]

BTW what distro are you using?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

He said Novell, the one I tried connected with no problem.

[B Knotts]

Microsoft has been doing this sort of thing for 15 years at least. It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Just google "Steve Barkto."

[Salo]

I once saw Bush2000 referred to as "Steve." Coincidence? :-)