Subj : Re: how to change runlevel at start?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : jmuller
Date : Wed Aug 04 2004 09:44 pm

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 12:24:07 +0000, Micke wrote:


> Australia is not the only place that is totally influenced by m$. Sweden is
> the same. Schools, government, healthcare and so on ALL use M$ systems.
> Some of the Universities does have Unix but that is only for higher
> degrees. 
> Sweden = M$ loving country #1 ! 
> 
> When I started with metworking (18 years ago) Novell was the most common
> system. But they lost the fight against M$. 18 years of experince down the
> drain :( . 

Bugger. 

> Linux is comming, but not fast enough. Still to many against the
> concept, they don't know enough about it. Would like to say that I have to
> teach them how to use it, but one voice is not enough! 
> 
Make that TWO voices. 

Linux needs a few things to really get the ball rolling. 

One is a giant company to pour lots and lots of money into an
advertising campain. Much like microsoft's. But ironically advertising
isn't 'free'. 

And the one thing that really BUGS me about linux. INSTALLATION. I've
tried quite a few distro's, Debian, Redhat, slackware, caldera, etc, etc.
and I've experienced problems in installing software in EVERY one. I'm not
the best linux person but if it's ever going to reach the masses, that's
one thing they've really got to work on. I must admit it is getting
better. Most source is ./configure && make && make install. 

I remember when I first started using linux. I think it was SUSE (back in
about 1998). Installation was tough. (I didn't really know much about
partitioning, (fdisk was a tool that just meant 'data loss' to me)) But I
learnt. I've had quite a few problems with linux really but I've worked through
them, I feel I'm a better person in a way. It's good to see installion's
getting easier.  It's ALL getting a little better. 

Australia is a BIG fan of the underdog. Linux will win. It's already won
in my house.

--jmuller

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