Mildly interesting rant about Linux and Complexity

http://www.modeemi.fi/~tuomov/b/archives/2008/10/29/T20_34_21/

by igorhvr • 18 years ago

3 6 18 years ago

> Even new version of these operating systems still do not offer such a fundamental feature as working hibernate or other form of session saving.

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.

olefoo• 18 years ago

This guy should look into OpenBSD, I get the sense he would either appreciate it's aesthetic or get into an argument with Theo.

wmf2• 18 years ago

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.

artificer• 18 years ago

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? ;-)

known• 18 years ago

(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.

wmf2• 18 years ago

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.

Mildly interesting rant about Linux and Complexity

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