The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story (catb.org)
The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story (catb.org)
Posted Feb 26, 2004 23:07 UTC (Thu) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75)In reply to: The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story (catb.org) by jonathanbearak
Parent article: The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story (catb.org)
An interesting point about this is that it's broadly similar to the way that you would do the same thing on Windows. Under Windows, local printers default to being unshared, and the administrator has to take the positive step of sharing the printer before it becomes available to others. Having configured a lot more networked printers under Windows than under Linux- I run Linux at home, so my printers there generally don't need to be shared- that would have been the first thing that I would have tried to check. I'd guess that most people used to Windows GUI configuration tools would have felt the same way. Ironically, that means that this job might very well have been easier for a newbie who had only used Windows before than it was for uberhacker ESR.
Posted Feb 27, 2004 0:14 UTC (Fri)
by sandy_pond (guest, #9734)
[Link]
BTW my Dad bought a second Windows computer and wireless router for his home. The salesperson told him all he needed to do is plug them together. He managed to get both computers talking to the Internet but that was all. He couldn't figure on his own how to share a printer or files.
As most computer users he was really missing very basic networking concepts.
The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story (catb.org)