I have to disagree with you here. In my opinion, for a newb, this is a very important question. It really dictates the type of experience they will have in Linux.
If you throw a Windows user into the Gnome environment, they're going to have a harder go of it than if they used KDE. KDE has a very MS Windows-centric view of the world, and as such, a Linux newb that came from Windows will have an easier time of it. Conversely, if you had a Mac User trying Linux, I'd tell them to use Gnome, because they're more familiar with the UI paradigm. Is one better than the other? Not really. It's certainly not worth having a flame-war over, that's for sure. In short, if you've always used a Mac, then use Gnome. If you've always used Windows, then use KDE. Simple answer.
I tend to agree with this. I'm a programmer, and I consider myself smarter than the average bear. I sat down at a semi regular home game after watching WPT and the WSOP on TV, thinking that I should automatically win. Needless to say, I didn't. I have won at that table a couple times now, but that was after learning all my opponents, and their tendencies (and, of course, losing some money). Poker isn't all averages and percentages. You have to play your opponents, and not just your cards. You can make some money just playing your cards, but a good poker player will still be able to bust you out based on how you play.
Well, I haven't done this against Active Directory, but at a previous job, I did set up Linux to authenticate against an NT Server. I used pam_smb. It took a bit of work, but it did eventually work. Keep trying, and eventually you will find a way to get it to work. It was easier to get Linux to authenticate against NT than the other way around.
I find it humorous that the medical research community is so against this. Wasn't Arpanet converted into a public internet to more or less circulate research material to scientists and educational institutions? This is one area I didn't ever think the net would get any flak from, but evidently the medical community is made up of political types. It is true thoough, those that control the information, control the world...
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I have to disagree with you here. In my opinion, for a newb, this is a very important question. It really dictates the type of experience they will have in Linux.
If you throw a Windows user into the Gnome environment, they're going to have a harder go of it than if they used KDE. KDE has a very MS Windows-centric view of the world, and as such, a Linux newb that came from Windows will have an easier time of it. Conversely, if you had a Mac User trying Linux, I'd tell them to use Gnome, because they're more familiar with the UI paradigm. Is one better than the other? Not really. It's certainly not worth having a flame-war over, that's for sure. In short, if you've always used a Mac, then use Gnome. If you've always used Windows, then use KDE. Simple answer.
I tend to agree with this. I'm a programmer, and I consider myself smarter than the average bear. I sat down at a semi regular home game after watching WPT and the WSOP on TV, thinking that I should automatically win. Needless to say, I didn't. I have won at that table a couple times now, but that was after learning all my opponents, and their tendencies (and, of course, losing some money). Poker isn't all averages and percentages. You have to play your opponents, and not just your cards. You can make some money just playing your cards, but a good poker player will still be able to bust you out based on how you play.
Well, I haven't done this against Active Directory, but at a previous job, I did set up Linux to authenticate against an NT Server. I used pam_smb. It took a bit of work, but it did eventually work. Keep trying, and eventually you will find a way to get it to work. It was easier to get Linux to authenticate against NT than the other way around.
I find it humorous that the medical research community is so against this. Wasn't Arpanet converted into a public internet to more or less circulate research material to scientists and educational institutions? This is one area I didn't ever think the net would get any flak from, but evidently the medical community is made up of political types. It is true thoough, those that control the information, control the world...