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thankx for reading....

This is my point.  If you want to get something to work do it right the
first time.  So with linux they skipped the middle step and give you all the
info up front.  So if you are lucky (read smart) enough to get it to work in
the first place then it will never let you down.

This is not saying Linux is better than NT just that the people who run
Linux well are better than the poeple who run NT at all.  :)

Quote:> Trying out a switch to linux, and I have some frustrations.
> How is linux going to be a successful replacement to NT if
> I gota RTFM every time I want to do something simple like
> install a program.  I am trying to setup a ftp server on a RR cable
> modem cuz NT/WarFTP isn't doing what I want.  So far I finally
> got linux installed <what a hastle, I thought NT was picky on hardware>
> After that I am trying to figure out how to get on the net let alone
install
> glftpd and get user accounts setup.  From what I have read I gota download
> some C code and compile it and then jump through some other hoops
> to get my cable modem to work on linux.  Of course my provider says
> I'm SOL since they do not support linux.  So then how difficult is it
going
> to be to get a linux ftp box up and running.  BTW with winblows I could
> get my mom to install it and she has never even been on a puter.

> thankx for reading....

Linux is different than MS. Things will go better when you don't deal
with it with the same predispositions. You will have to learn something
about it in order to get something useful out of it. There is that
learning curve. Until that hump is crossed there will be many
frustrations. Each frustration leads to a bit of acquired knowledge.
Once you know your way around a bit, things will keep getting easier.

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Hal B

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: Trying out a switch to linux, and I have some frustrations.
: How is linux going to be a successful replacement to NT if
: I gota RTFM every time I want to do something simple like
: install a program.  I am trying to setup a ftp server on a RR cable
: modem cuz NT/WarFTP isn't doing what I want.  So far I finally
: got linux installed <what a hastle, I thought NT was picky on hardware>
: After that I am trying to figure out how to get on the net let alone install
: glftpd and get user accounts setup.  From what I have read I gota download
: some C code and compile it and then jump through some other hoops
: to get my cable modem to work on linux.  Of course my provider says
: I'm SOL since they do not support linux.  So then how difficult is it going
: to be to get a linux ftp box up and running.  BTW with winblows I could
: get my mom to install it and she has never even been on a puter.
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: thankx for reading....
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