Mildly interesting rant about Linux and Complexity(modeemi.fi)
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Mildly interesting rant about Linux and Complexity
http://www.modeemi.fi/~tuomov/b/archives/2008/10/29/T20_34_21/
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(1) Linux != Gnome or KDE
(2) Options = Freedom
And X is loosely coupled (hence no single point of failure). MS Windows is tightly coupled architecture (hence single point of failure) for your computer.
(2) Options = Freedom
And X is loosely coupled (hence no single point of failure). MS Windows is tightly coupled architecture (hence single point of failure) for your computer.
Linux != Gnome or KDE
That's precisely his complaint. New features are being created that aren't accessible from the command line (e.g. NetworkManager). You have to use GNOME/KDE.
That's precisely his complaint. New features are being created that aren't accessible from the command line (e.g. NetworkManager). You have to use GNOME/KDE.
Between this, Fedora's "who moved my X server?", and yet-another-Phonon-flamewar, this wasn't a good week for the Linux Hater to retire.
Just when we were contemplating the loss of our beloved linux hater...comes this one.
Let's give the guy a warm welcome, shall we? ;-)
This guy should look into OpenBSD, I get the sense he would either appreciate it's aesthetic or get into an argument with Theo.
Funny, on September 27th I closed the lid on my oversize-no-way-it's-going-to-travel-with-me Dell 9300, which now serves as my media center, running Ubuntu, and I left for a month. I came back, opened it up this morning, and it woke right up and asked for my password.