Changing IP Addresses

[Brian Densmore]

> From: JD Runyan
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb ,  at 01:30:13PM -0600, Brian Densmore wrote:
> > <warning: may contain rantings>
> > > ...
> GUI tools are what are required for the average user to 
> configure their machine.
> There are limits to what you can do effectively with these 
> tools.
Excellent points!

>  I avoid 
> mandrake, redhat, and 
> many of the other distros for servers, because they are not 
> good candidates.  
> They tend to alter the default kernel, and libc 
> configurations too much.
I had (almost) no problem with Mandrake as a web server
It took me a while to figure out how to not install X and KDE and Gnome,
but I did manage. Although I think a stray library or two made it in ;')

> Of course creating flavors that are more user friendly makes 
> sense.  There
> just should be no edict that all the versions meet that 
> qualification.  
no argument here, but it could also be different configurations in the
same distro.

> already seeing a need to merge frame-buffer graphics into the 
> Kernel to achieve
> the GUI speeds windows gets for games.  This is a necessary 
> evil of sorts.
Ahh, but we can also not compile it into the kernel, or as a removable
module.
I'd like to see you try that with say Windoze Explorer. ;') 
(sure you can do it, but the OS sure won't like it!)

> 
> The biggest obstacles to overcome are the following.
> 1) The desktop applications must provide the ease of use, and 
> the totality of the
>    functionality that MS products provide.
> 2) The psychological barrier of something different.  People 
> like predictability,
>    and windows is clearly that.  You know how things work, 
> even if they don't 
>    always work well.  I would say the same of most of the 
> major distros of 
>    Linux.  The oddities of Linux are no more complex than the 
> oddities of Windows,
>    and the difference between a mac and WinTel are not any 
> more significant.  You 
>    would encounter the same resistance moving a Windows user 
> to a Mac as you 
>    would to Linux.  Someone who tackles this must be prepared 
> to orientate the 
>    users to the new environment.
The truth of this is irrefutable.

Brian