Re: rants and rambles

["Tim Coffey" <coffey@sondata.net>]

Could that argument also be used by someone who programs in assembly
rather than C, C++, Python, etc?

I rather like Webmin. I also think that easier GUI tools will bring
Linux to the masses. To each his own. We are all brothers.

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Jamon Terrell <JamonTerrell@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:38:22 -0500
Subject: Re: rants and rambles

> I have this whole theory about why 99.9% of people who use windows
> will never understand 
> anything about how things work(it applies very well to webmin also). 
> It's very similar to 
> how you cannot learn how to drive a car by watching someone else
> drive it.
> 
> -Jamon Terrell
> 
> 
> 
> 4/26/2002 7:47:29 PM, Nate Reindl <reindlnr@apci.net> wrote:
> 
> >Stephen D Reindl <sreindl@apci.net> shamlessly rambles:
> >> Playing this morning I learned several things.
> >> 
> >> lpd will not work when you rename localhost to something other
> than 
> >> localhost. Seems basic but when it can't find a localhost IP it
> won't print.
> >> Lesson learned?  Don't do that! I couldn't get my jetdirect to
> work. I wonder 
> >> why? All is fine now. I can print to my network printer now!
> YeeHaa!
> >> 
> >> Webmin is a wonderful tool. I know all you command line only dorks
> are gonna 
> >> kringe, but I don't care. If I play with it enough I'll finally
> gain an 
> >> understanding of the file and directory structure and maybe my
> feeble mind 
> >> will actually recall the locations and contents of all the
> different config 
> >> files. It's all there at my fingertips. All I need is a table
> capable browser 
> >> and the URL http://localhost:10000 and the root password and I'm
> in, even 
> >> from my normal user account. I think it's kinda cool, so there.
> Found a few 
> >> things that I didn't know were there. OBTW, Webmin will not
> install correctly 
> >> when localhost isn't there either, hmmmm wonder why? Duh?!
> >
> >There's a file in /etc called 'hosts'.  Windows has the exact same
> conventions 
> >buried somewhere in \win(nt|dows)\system or \win(nt|dows)\system32. 
> Change 
> >your hostname and add yourself in there with the changed hostname. 
> _*DO_NOT*_ 
> >remove the localhost entry!  I think the stock /etc/hosts in RH >
> 6.2 tells one 
> >not to with the result of Bad Things happening Real Soon After. 
> Just change 
> >your hostname the way you happened to do it (trivial), and do what I
> said 
> >above.  'Nuff said here.
> >
> >I'm stepping in on Webmin; likewise, I'm defying my father's rules. 
> I loathe 
> >pretty web-based config interfaces to the point to where I won't use
> most of 
> >them.  I like using commandline stuff or web based interfaces I
> write myself, 
> >damnit.  It's still there at your fingertips in the commandline; you
> just have 
> >to remember some real nasty commands and arguments however. :D
> >
> ></rant,_or_is_it?>
> >
> >I suggest you all pull my plug before I advance even further and go
> full out on 
> >my Webmin rant.
> >
> >Ich glaube, daß ihr sollt mein Netzstecker ziehen, vor ich vorrücke
> weiter über 
> >meinem Webmin Wortschwall.  Spaß, ja?
> >
> >--
> >Nate Reindl  <<  OTHS Web Mastah  <<  Resident Luser at Large
> > '---> email:  alles gehen nach reindlnr bei apci dot net
> >==
> >GAT d-- s a--- C++ UL+++>++++ P++++ L+++>++++ E+++ W+++$ N++ o+
> K---- w--- O-
> >M-- V-- PS+++ PE+++ Y PGP+ t+@ 5++ X R* tv-- b++ DI+ D+++ G+++>++++
> e* h! r% z?
> >
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