Changing IP Addresses

[Prof. Jerry Place]

All:

   This has been addressed before but I think it's sufficiently 
important to note once more.

   Linux is not for everyone.  Linux provide the best workstation
environment I've ever used.  It supports LaTeX and LaTeX tools for my
publications and course web documents via latex2html; Maple is my
computer algebra system; CSIM is the best simulation system I've ever
used plus I have tons of useful tools such a GNUplot, psfrag, etc.  RH
7.2 is rock solid and KDE 2.0 is a useful desktop system.  If I need a
local spreadsheet or simple word processor, I use StarOffice 6.0 and I
get by.  Plus I'm my own web server, mail server and computation server.

   However, I still dual boot at home and I have a Win2K laptop in my 
office because I still have to exist in a Microsoft world -- for Quicken 
and Turbo Tax at a minimum.

   I don't mind the Microsoft presence but its utility cannot compare to 
my Linux system even though Linux is complex and requires significant 
arcane administration.

					-- Jerry Place
					-- CSTP

On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Joshua Bergland wrote:

> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 10:10:03 -0600
> From: Joshua Bergland <kclug at mrj412.com>
> To: "KCLUG (E-mail)" <kclug at kclug.org>
> Subject: Re: Changing IP Addresses
> 
> [Off Topic Rant]
> I think this is a big problem in Linux, the configuration tools should 
> work out of the box. The user shouldn't have to remove the tools and 
> hunt down text files following a HOWTO file. Granted for the techy 
> people, this isn't too much of a challenge and the documents are usually 
> well written, but this is part of what drove me back to Windows.
> 
> One other thing that drove me back was a lack of software, or actually, 
> the inclusion of a lot of software that almost meets my needs. For 
> example, I found that Gnumeric works great and even imported my Excel 
> spreadsheet, but upon saving it, it couldn't. Doesn't make my use of 
> Linux easy when I have to boot into Windows just to get some work done.
> 
> Last thing: I quickly discovered that RPM dependency hell is worse that 
> Windows DLL ever was.
> 
> Ok, now that I got that out, I want to say that I continue to follow 
> Linux closely, and am looking forward to giving Mandrake 8.2 a go when 
> its released. Also, Linux as a server is awesome, and I use it when I 
> can, but as a desktop, its just not complete enough for me to be productive.
> 
> Now, I don't intend for this to be any sort of flamebait, just my opinion...
> [End of Rant]
> 
> Josh Bergland
> 
> 
> Jonathan Hutchins wrote: