Re: Why I hate this so called OS

From: CJT (cheljuba_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 04/27/03 

Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 14:14:04 GMT

Angela Spiro wrote:
> As a manager without FT Unix staff I need to install a few Sun boxes
> myself each year. Here is my top list of issues:
>
> 1. Each time I trust Solaris to do autoinstall, I wind up with a root
> slice that is like 95% full. After pathces it becomes 100% full.
> 2. Unix guys tell me that keeping root small and Read-only is OK, but
> WHY do patches and packages like Solaris 8 Admin Pack always try to
> install themselves in root. What am I missing here?
> 3. So this time I decided to be cute and figured I could install
> DiskSuite and extend the root slice. Sorry! Documentation says you
> can't extend root! (So what do you gurus do in a case like this?)
> 4. Let's see, I need to change resolution in CDE, since none of my
> monitors in computer room ever work with default Solaris settings. Go
> to prompt. OK, what is the %$%$# command now....m64config..???
> k64config??. Oh yeah, I have to look in /dev/... and go through twenty
> man pages to figure this *** out. Simple.
> 5. Need to whack a directory. Man pages say rmdir or rm * -R should
> work. Not for me I guess.
> 6. Got a new disk. Run format. Want to name a slice oracle. Forced to
> name it root, usr, swap, etc.... Why?????????
>
>
> In conclusion, yeah it may be stable but why can't someone make it
> more like a Win2K where even a moron can set up File Sharing, RAID,
> DNS, DHCP etc.. in less than 1 hour. Look at what Linux vendors are
> doung with KDE and Gnome. They have a great unix kernel and user
> friendly admin wizards that let everyone easily configure server
> services. Solaris needs to get there fast or bite the dust soon IMHO.
> Thanks
> Angela

The Windows newsgroups are brimming with people who have similar
problems with Windows. They say once you make something idiot-proof,
a more robust idiot is bound to come along.