Re: Why is setting up X so arcane?

["David L. Craig" <dlc@salt.office.aol.com>]

I wrote:

> D-Man wrote:
> 
> > The real question is "has he admined Unix?".  I use Solaris (Sparc) at
> > school, but I am a mere user, not the admin.  I use and admin Linux
> > (x86) at home.
> 
> Well, installing ANY operating system IS an admin function.

Probably a tad too cryptic...  What I was trying to get across,
quite ineffectively, was that anyone using (or trying) Debian
is administering it practically by definition, installing
any opsys on a PC counts as administering that hardware, and
so it is reasonable to conclude Nikki probably has picked up
admin experience in his travels if he's willing to tackle
Debian.  Thus, to me anyway, it is reasonable to conclude
anybody reading this list is, to some level, a UNIX admin, and
asking someone if they've used a platform is the same as asking
them if they've had an admin's perspective.

But after trying to make this clear, I concede it is horribly
convoluted, and I plead guilty of taking an indefensible
position.  Now where's my ceremonial sword?...