> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: noi...@gmx.net >To: sou...@gmail.com >Subject: Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't >workanymore >Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:29:31 +0200 > >>Jeff Soules wrote: >>>> HAL is not "technology moving forward". >>>> >>>> It is a project dedicated to taking away the right to do what you >want. >>> >>> I'm sorry, your argument is "HAL hates freedom?" Seriously? You >>> believe there is an entire team of malicious devs who've devoted >their >>> weekends to oppressing your choice of mouse buttons? >>> >>>> And the persistance of not understanding this that I face here is >just sad. >>>> You people don't seem to know what door you leave open here and >how it could >>>> affect the future and usability of Linux in a negative way. >>> >>> All right, I'll bite. How specifically could it affect the future >and >>> usability of Linux in a negative way? What disasters might >happen, >>> what door are we leaving open here? What does HAL do that you >don't >>> like? >> >>It takes away my right to do what I want. And it does so because its > >>installation is enforced per dependency. >> >>I can imagine making Linux safer to use for beginners by having a >daemon >>in the background running that overwrites changed config files with >>default values to prevent clueless people from trashing their >system. >> >>That daemon could be enforced as a dependency of the Linux Standard >Base >>to ensure less questions like "Help! My Linux doesn't work anymore." >in >>this mailing list. >> >>That would be very convenient and to hell with people who don't need >it. >> >>> You can't be too upset with us for not understanding that when >you've >>> made very little effort to explain it (beyond "I might have to >learn >>> how to fix it"). >> >>It is not: "I might have to learn how to fix it" >> >>It is: "I can't deinstall it even though it could be possible" >> >> >> >>Dirk >> Pardon a mild intervention but I seem to recall a very similar thread on a very similar topic several months ago that, as this one seems to be heading, ended with frustration on both sides. Is Don Quixote in the house? Larry >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org >> >>
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