the viewpoint of a single newbie

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Fowler [mailto:jfowler at westrope.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:59 AM
> To: Andy Inzerillo; Eric Gilliland; kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: RE: the viewpoint of a single newbie
> 
> 
> Yeah, but didn't it give you a certain sense of satisfaction 
> and gratification
> when you finally figured it out? Kind of like a puzzle that 
[snip rest of good philosophy of life]

Unfortunately, many people are afraid of technological devices.
(With good reason)
My wife included, and she hates puzzles. Sorry, we disagree. 
I would like to see Linux as easy to setup, configure and use as 
possible. I would like to see configure with sane defaults, which means
in a very paranoid state. Then when someone tried to do something, like
share a file or start a webserver. They would specifically have to
"learn" the consequences involved by specifically turning off security 
settings and turning on services, etc. Yes, spoon feed them, but spoon
feed them knowledge not stupid little talking paper clips. I'm not sure
what this would cost Linux as an OS.

Brian