> Pardon me; I'm relatively new to the Linux discussion world, but have been in
> Unix since about 1980; taught internals at BTL ca 1982-4. So, I may not reflect
> the general Linux community; but I do like to believe I still know something
> about SW development.
>
> I would suggest that you look at Linux as an experience at the edge. It isn't
> staid, conventional, or predictable. OTOH, you *do* have source. Books will
> trail what's available. You may buy a package; I did. RedHat saved me the
> time involved in downloading all the disparate parts of Linux. BUT I never
> thought it would be as slow to evolve as a "commercial" OS. I've already
> patched my tape driver, and then modified the patch to speed up the data
> transfers.
>
> Linux is, at the end, one of the few bleeding edge, volatile, and evolving
> systems we can indulge in the late '90s. It feels far more like what it was
> like at BTL in '80--we have source, we have access, and we *can* change it.
>
> The down side is that it's going to be rough on newbies; things just don't stay
> predictable. That's what these groups are for.
Well. I agree. but anybody can tell me what is the advantage of having this new
method of
adding user compared to the old one?
cwlai
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