one thing i find anoying is

[Derek Broughton]

Andrew Zajac wrote:

> On 5/3/06, Matthew Palmer <mpalmer at hezmatt.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The problem is that Linux is not a single entity.  When you support
>> Windows,
>> you need to handle maybe a dozen possible ways to configure your network
>> settings.  With all the different distributions/desktop
>> environments/optional programs available, there's a *scary* number of
>> different ways to do that same task in Linux.
> 
> 
> 
> An ISP will have to be able to help you get your router connected to the
> net, and the routers' user interfaces are all different.  Why is it
> different for an operating system?

Which ISP would that be?  I have never used an ISP that supported routers -
unless they supplied it themselves.  You have to have a single Windows
computer (sometimes Mac) connected directly to their equipment.  Any time
I'm talking to a service-type person, I lie through my teeth and tell them
I'm using Windows.

-- 
derek