Long time no see.....

[Kurt Wall]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Moffat" <kmoffat at drizzle.com>
To: "Linux tips and tricks" <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: Long time no see.....


> Collins Richey wrote:
>> In the early days Linux distros needed lots of
>> howto's and hand holding to get any of the standard wish list of
>> packages to function. 
> 
> Tell me you don't miss those days....

I do not miss those days, at least not the days when all the
hand-holding only got you 90% of the way to a fully
functional frobnicator. Nonetheless, that everything Just Works (c)
these days does take some of the fun out of doing Linux. On the
other hand, after almost 20 years of Linux (OMFG!), one would
hope that everything Just Works (c).