Linux Rants

These are some postings I made to the Bombay LUG mailing list in July 2000. The original thread archives are sadly no longer traceable.

On IT departments

 

On why Linux works

 

On learning from Microsoft

 

On why Windows as a server is sometimes a good idea

 

On file permissions system limitations

 

On sudo and UI design

 

On multi-layered permissions

 

On permissions via sym-links or hard-links

 

On complicated procedures

 

To Linux-India on implementing Linux