On Thursday 13 December 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 05:27:30PM +0100, Dirk wrote: > > I won't start commenting on all this HAL, udev and similar > > bullshit. > > > > But this error message when I used modconf: "update-modules > > deprecated" > > > > Is another sign that people here are trying to emulate even the bad > > sides of Windows. > > > > *I* (ME!) wan't to have fucking control over my modules back you > > frickin' desktop loving auto-this, auto-that assholes!!!! > > Try OpenBSD. No modules to worry about, no auto-anything, dmesg > shows you everything you have and where it is. Simple. Only > downsides: if you need a module for some piece of closed-source > hardware; package management is quite as simple as with aptitude; no > volume-management like LVM or easy software-raid; no flash-enabled > browser. > > I agree that linux has become a cliky-pointy-lindows thingy unless > you fight it. I don't do CUPS, I don't do DTE. I use lpr, CLI, > startx, icewm. To mount a USB stick I have an entry in fstab for > /dev/sdc1. If udev were to act up, I'd use LABLE=stick1: this is the > fight-it part.
Personally, I find a lot of these things let me focus on doing the work I need to do as opposed to having to spend time thinking about how I'm going to do something or making sure I can do something. Different methods work for different people. It's cliche, but true. Some people think better with a visual interface. It's just a different learning or processing style. What I like about Linux is that I have the choice. When I'm programming, I use a simple editor and am constantly using the CLI. When I'm writing film scripts, I need as intuitive and visual an interface as possible. Both use different parts of the brain. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
