RE: [cobalt-users] the GUI interface

[Rodolfo Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> And Cobalt is perfect for you. The problem is, you're likely
> to outgrow it, and you're going to have to pick another vendor
> to move forward.
> The value of what Cobalt provided you isn't scalable, and for
> you to do more sophisticated things, you're going to have to
> chose another vendor.

Having read your second post (I'd previously read just the first round of
conversation), I *also* agree with you. Great day, today... I get to agree
with everyone on both sides of a discussion.

As a newcomer to the list, I've seen that a great many gripes stem from the
"I changed something and the GUI changes it back please dear God someone
help me" problem. In order to provide the *robustness* which is in general a
cornerstone of the Unix/Linux reputation, the GUI must, long-term, learn to
read the config files and accept changes that have been made by the user.
Or, as you say, someone else will do it and I will then buy boxes from them.

> If you are really a geek-wannabe, wean yourself off the GUI
> and look at the real system underlying it. Read those
> man-pages, and write scripts in perl, sh, csh, or whatever.

I'm already doing this, but I have all of (maybe) three hours a week of free
time. This is one of the great benefits of the Qube... first, it works, then
later I can make it work.

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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>