Let's be clear here. "User friendly" is generally an issue only for systems that are intended to be used by _users_. Novel concept, eh? While there are many things about Windows that are extremely easier to use than Linux for the general users, that's only important on desktop systems, something we here are not extremely concerned about. I'm only a "user" on systems other people "own" and administer, never my own.
System administrators are expected to be more skilled than the general user population, because the demands on them are higher. The latest generations of Linux desktop systems have made great strides in ease of use, even during installation. For people such as ourselves, that's not nearly as important as being able to _get things done_, correctly, in the least amount of time. That also includes things such as being able to figure out problems and correct them. Concepts such as the MS registry effectively prohibit that. I have had to re-install Windows NT a number of times because of suspected registry errors, and no way to figure them out and fix them. In the Linux and Linux/390 arena, I have had to rebuild and reinstall individual products a number of times, but never the entire system, unless that's what I _wanted_ to do. To sum up, I would never describe (until fairly recently) Linux as being user friendly to anyone, general user or system administrator. But that's not what I care about. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Colin Walls [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 6:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: General LINUX Question > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Troth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Is it as "user friendly"? No. UNIX is user friendly - it is just very particular who its friends are.