On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 09:38:51AM -0600, y...@marupa.net wrote: > On Tuesday, December 03, 2013 12:12:36 AM Robert Holtzman wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 11:51:41AM -0600, y...@marupa.net wrote: > > > > .........snip......... > > > > > Oh, that does clear it up. But again, I don't see that as a "free vs. > > > nonfree" issue. Most software will choose defaults for you and you can > > > change it, even Mozilla. I'm a KDE user, often a lot of KDE defaults I > > > don't like or don't make sense, Kopete being perhaps the worst offender. > > > > > > I often don't care for software that requires user-side configuration to > > > already be in place when run. By user-side I mean dotfiles in home > > > directory. I do not really mind if I have to set something up in /etc, > > > however, largely because I will most often be changing the defaults. > > > > What's the difference between "setting something up" in /etc and editing > > a dot file in your home directory? > > This shouldn't have to be explained to most Linux administrators.
While I'm not a professional sysadmin, I'm well aware of your explanation below. > > /etc is for system-wide configuration of software, meant to be handled by the > administrator and if there's no "default" there's good reason for it. .......snip...... > > This might be fine for a power user (Of which I am one.) but I wouldn't put > anything that requires manually editing text files for preferences on someone > else's computer and expect them to use it. Your post that I replied to indicated that *you* didn't care for s/w that required user side configuration to be in place when run. I didn't see any discussion about what sort of user you had in mind and nothing about setting up a box for someone else. It implied that you didn't care for it for *your* use. ........snip...... > > Google is hardly the only service that does this. Chances are the second you > set up with your ISP someone's already gotten ahold of your personal data. ..........snip........ > > There's no real guarantee of anonymity on the Internet even if you use things > such as Tor. I feel fussing and going out of your way to try to get the non- > existant 100% anonymity thing is a waste of productive time. True but that doesn't mean you should surrender to each and every one. You sound like Larry Ellison. -- Bob Holtzman Your mail is being read by tight lipped NSA agents who fail to see humor in Doctor Strangelove Key ID 8D549279
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