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Re: very sad.... No more....
Well, I know SuSE has a half baked configuration tool that's not bad
as long as it's only a one time through effort, but it is weak if
you change sound cards and have to reinstall a new one. There is no
provision for removing the old sound card software configuration. In
the end you have to go in and edit the file by hand. I don't mind
that at all, but complete documentation is very important, and the
fact that the configuration tool has severe shortcomings is
frustrating. Another thing about SuSE is that it creates it's own
obscure configuration files that in my mind don't follow the
conventional locations for Linux systems. For example editing the
XF86Config really doesn't do anything because they have some other
way of doing it that's more complext due to their configuration tool.
Don't get me wrong. I think SuSE is good, but I also happen to think
Libranet is better.
Erik Wessman wrote:
> > Helmut Steinwender wrote:
> >
>
> <snip>
>
> > The downside is, that it may well become too windows-like
> > in terms of loosing flexibility and transparency.
>
> <munch>
>
> I don't believe that is the case - and that is what is
> really neat about Linux, and singularly sets it apart from
> Windows and Apple (I've never learned that OS).
>
> All of these "difficult" things for the newbie almost
> exclusively involve configuration scripts. The provision of
> nice GUIed configuration tools that write those scripts for
> the user does nothing to prevent the Linux "old hand" from
> bypassing them and hand-crafting his own scripts using
> whatever text editor he prefers.
>
> The delight of Linux is that it provides choice. At the
> moment, the choice is rather too limited for the newbie who
> just wants to run applictions rather than configure and tune
> the OS installation.
>
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