__/ [ B Gruff ] on Monday 10 July 2006 19:38 \__
> On Monday 10 July 2006 18:30 Scott W wrote:
>
>> http:// blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=92
^^ collapse spaces
>> i think the guy here is full of shit personally. seems like a classic
>> case of PEBKAC
>
> It's typical of a lot of Windows bloggers.
Windows blogger for Windows fanboys. Guess who syndicates his blog?
> Note:-
>
> - Had to enter admin password to update the system?
> God help him when Vista comes - and God help all those Windows users today,
> who have no concept of the term, and habitually "run as root".
>
> - 98 updates ready when he first logged in?
> Bluddy 'ell - if there had been that few when I started to re-install W2000
> last August, I'd maybe have completed the job by now! As it was, I
> couldn't do the update (IIRC) until I'd loaded Special S/W (and rebooted),
> and I couldn't do that until I had updated IE (and rebooted), and I
> couldn't.... you get the picture? It took him 30 mins, then asked him to
> reboot - once! He fails to mention that he was free to use the system in
> the meantime....
Allow me to add one word: "safely", i.e. without catching an infection in the
interim.
> - My understanding of Ubuntu is that generally speaking, it is installed
> from 1 CD, and you do the rest over the 'net....?
To some extent, yeah... that was the case with version/s 4.x.
> - So this guy installs what he claims is a completely alien (to him) system
> - and what's the next thing he does? Run VMWare - just like granny would!
Install Linux, run virtualisation software: The logical equivalent of buying
a car for the stereo (essentially sitting in a parked car listening to
music).
> - ...but then we get to the crux. He has years and years of Windows
> experience, and he's going to have to throw all that away.....
> Poor sod. He needs to talk to my wife. She used to use Windows - still
> does from time to time. Usually, she uses SUSE 9.1. How does she know
> it's SUSE 9.1? Because I told her, "The one with the misty mountains is
> Linux!:-)
>
> Send him a SLED 10, Roy:-)
Me?!?! I have no affiliation with Novell. People like him should not even be
contacted. Let 'em knock themselves out.
Best wishes,
Roy
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