| Michael Leone on Sun, 17 Mar 2002 14:56:00 -0500 |
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On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 14:19, Fred K Ollinger wrote: > > Right. But they can install software. And not all software needs to be > > installed as Administrator. And most things I install on my Linux > > systems wants me to install as root. Not run, just install. Same thing, > > isn't it? > > No. Actually any decent linux installer will let you install as a user. I > make a ~/bin dir for that purpose and put my path there. This has been > basic to unix for decades. The unix community can't be responsible, for > people who broke that model any more than the windows community can be > responsible for those who write bad drivers or have terrible uis. Not my point. I know Unix users can install software. I meant that Win2K users can, too (without being Administrator). > > > Ditto for most stuff in Linux. I can't start up many services as a > > regular user. > > All/some fallacy. There are actually some that you can start as a regular > user, heck more and more services are trying to run as regular users, but > not all can be started as regular users, and I don't know why the tone > above seems to suggest that this is a flaw in linux (or unix). Linux has > many flaws, but this is not one of them. Most you can not. > I suggest that a simple book on unix philosophy is read and thought about > for a week, while one works on the console for that week and forget all > about the MS mentality, Most of us admins can't do that, since we must use and support it. > then we can all come back and talk about the real > problems that linux has and how we can all make it better. > > Fred > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug > -- PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF PGP public key: <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.gpg> The secret of flying is simple: Throw yourself at the ground and miss. Attachment:
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