Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Tue Dec 10 17:21:52 CST 2013
I wouldn’t classify that as an issue with Linux, but with MySQL (or whatever software it is you have frustrations with). You wouldn’t blame the OS for the software that was designed not to be user-friendly, right? The same can be true for Windows as well. The 3 step process (backup, uninstall, reinstall) for Windows works in same cases, but, in my experience, it often doesn’t because you have additional layers of complexity under the hood (ie. the registry, dll’s, local settings, etc). Poorly designed Windows software can end up (and often do) requiring a longer process to fix the software. Saying that, most Linux distros were not designed for IT people of the Windows flavour, who prefer a GUI over the command line. Some of them are though. You might want to take a look at OpenSuse, for instance. It is more user-friendly with lots of GUI tools to help you administer your server and software. Personally, I don’t like that. In my opinion, the command line (bash, zsh, etc) trumps a GUI any day (which, I’m guessing, is why Microsoft introduced Powershell, because they saw that need). - Hans On Dec 10, 2013, at 2:22 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote: > The following link describes how to uninstall and then re-install a > corrupted version of MySQL 5.x on Linux. > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-completely-reinstall-mysql-server/ > > Compare that to the Windows 3-step: > 1. Back up the data directory. > 2. Un-install the program. > 3. Install the program > > Or even worse, the 1-click recovery, as in Office or SQL Server or numerous > other programs: > 1. Repair. > > This article is an excellent summary of why Windows continues to win the > battle for the desktop. As soon as something goes wrong, the Linux user is > off into the frightening world of the command line -- and not once, not > twice, but several times. > > The very least that vendors could do is add an icon to the desktop or the > menu. But apparently, that is stooping too low. As long as that situation > persists, Linux will never win the desktop, despite the admirable efforts > of the Ubuntu and Mint etc. boys. They are writing for the Highest Common > Denominator. Bill and Steve chose instead to write for the Lowest Common > Denominator. > > I run them side by side almost always, and can see obvious advantages to > Linux, when everything goes well, but even then, could the vendors not > possibly supply an addition to the desktop that leads to Uninstall/Repair? > Talk about Shooting Yourself in the Foot! Maybe the real hurdle to surmount > is their collective refusal to recognize that Windows and Apple make it so > much simpler? > -- > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com