Vidiot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>
> It is hard to RTFM when there is no FM.
>
> As other posters pointed out, there should be be options for the
user
> to select so this doesn't happen.
I am new to Linux with only 8 months experience after about 20 years
of using DOS and Windows. I've followed this thread for a few days
before finally deciding I needed to make a reply.
I've proceeded VERY cautiously with my Linux installations. I've had
NO problem finding volumes of useful information to read on whatever
aspect of Linux I've elected to install or experiment with. Printed
manuals came with the RH CD I purchased and more extensive manuals
were on the CD itself. I've also accessed updated manual versions
online at Red Hat's web site. I've read How-Tos, mini-How-Tos and so
on. I've got 28 Linux related web sites bookmarked. There is no
shortage of info out there for the person willing to look for it.
I had no problem understanding that Linux, while an extremely powerful
OS, is still in its commercial infancy compared to Mac and Windows.
Look at the problems and frustrations that millions of Windows users
STILL face everyday after hundreds of millions having been spent on
development.
I understand the frustration of a buggered installation and lost data.
Been there, done that. You've told us about your broken backup drive.
I've lost files foolishly making Windows changes before having not
backed up.
You copied data from one drive to another. Let me ask where your same
data would be right now had your PC's power supply shorted and fried
both hard drives? Would you be posting message after message regarding
the rotten state of power supply manufacturing in Taiwan?
The same questions would have been asked. "Where was your backup
outside of the machine?" Or, for a fire, tornado or other disaster,
"where was your off-premises backup?" I keep a home backup at the
office and an office backup at home, 15 miles apart. That does leave
me unprepared for a nuclear strike, but in that case I doubt restoring
my files will be very high on the list of priorities if I'm still
alive.
You are attempting to place 100% of the blame on Red Hat and
apparently are unwilling to accept any responsibility yourself for
charging blindly ahead after apparently not even lifting a little
finger to find and read a smidgen of information regarding the
installation of your new release. Kind of reminds me of the demand for
warning labels which state not to use your blow dryer on your hair
while bathing in the tub.
Yes, you're right. There is room for improvement in both Linux and Red
Hat's version of it. The same can be said for Windows 2000 which is
the distillation of many generations of NT and hundreds of millions of
dollars.
You've also made your point. Over and over. I think you're losing your
audience.
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