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  From: Damien Byrne <damienbyrne@iprimus.com.au>
  To  : Joseph Tan <j.tan@bigpond.com>
  Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 01:01:20 +1030

Re: Any Questions to Red Hat, Mandrake You'd Like To Ask?

Ah well if that is the scope of the review, then I did have a question that I 
would like asked, more toward Mandrake, but relevant to both.

The question is basically regarding easy gui tools for setting up basic 
server/desktop configuration.  With the moves toward these gui tools for 
config (Drakconf, linuxconf, server wizards, etc) what is the level of 
commitment from these distributions to ensuring a vi hacker friendlyness.  
Will there always be a place for editing text files to set up / tweak system 
settings, or is there a bigger push toward gui tools at the expense of the 
command line warriors?  And maybe also a bit regarding commitments towards 
remote administration of systems, tools in the planning etc.

Cheers
Damien




On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 12:33, Joseph Tan wrote:
> Glen,
>
> My goodness Civilization 3 has been knocking me back a few days :). I hope
> that Loki is considering a port of this.. anyway back to your response.
>
> Interesting questions. The review is mainly a comparison between Mandrake
> and Red Hat for desktop and low end personal web serving applications. I
> wouldn't want to get too in-depth with the questions, especially
> documentation and deployment of a Linux install on a large company LAN -
> this is a little out of my league.
>
> Your questions are interesting though, and I'll make a mention of their
> plans to improve their non-CD standard installs.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joseph Tan
> Webmaster
> http://www.Tech-Junkie.com

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