[CLUE-Tech] GPL loopholes

[Joe Linux]

Hey, I'm a point and click guy.  If an OS needs a manual just to do 
simple things, it isn't very good and Joe Public won't use it.  People 
like computer systems that are simple for an end user.  Just reading 
your explanation of how to fix the problem gives me a headache and is a 
good example of why most of the public chooses not to use Linux.  It's 
almost a joke that RH would make a system where people would actually 
have to add lines of code to just get it to do something simple. 
 Presumably the phrase "USRCTL=true" means that it's true that a user 
has control of his system. GAL - users always want to be in control of 
their system. This has been the problem with computers from the 
beginning. Many computer programs make the user dance, yet the computer 
program is unable to dance for the user.

The lesson here is that if some company like RedHat would like to see 
more people use their software, they will have to create software that 
people find easy to use. Average people will never find the CLI to be 
attractive or enjoyable.   FTFM, MTFBWY, TANSTAAFL, because WYSIWYG. 



Jeremiah Stanley wrote:

>>I guess truth is in the experience of the Linux user.  I abandoned RH9
>>because I couldn't figure out how to get the dialer to work without
>>entering the root password.
>>    
>>
>
>In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 you need to add the line
>"USRCTL=true" to the file and now users can use the /sbin/ifup and
>/sbin/ifdown scripts to control their network devices, including modems.
>
>It's all pretty easy once you read the documentation for the initscripts
>package.
>
>/usr/share/doc/initscripts-7.14/sysconfig.txt
>
>I hate to say RTFM...
>
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