Subj : Switch to linux
To   : Andre Robitaille
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Mon Aug 24 2020 04:58 pm

Hello Andre,

On Sat Aug 22 2020 09:54:56, Andre Robitaille wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 NB>> Does it need to be?

 AR> Of course it does. Always.

 AR> Software should always be as intuitive and well-documented as
 AR> possible. There are zero exceptions to this. Often you can reduce the
 AR> amound of documentation if the UI is sufficiently intuitive.

 AR> I certanily miss the old days where few people had computers, and the
 AR> ones who did knew how to use them because they were tinkerers and
 AR> hackers and whatever. But relying on search engines and other
 AR> offloading documentation onto proactive endusers? I'm surprised that
 AR> this is even considered to possibly be okay.

While I totally get what you're saying, and in many cases you're definitely right. But, *Basic* Linux 101 should probably be known before trying to run servers on it. Don't you think?

Maybe James ASSUMEd that was the case, and originally thought the user of said operating system would know how to execute a shell command. Other than that, it doesn't hurt anything if it was added for those that don't know, I guess. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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