On May 26, 2005, at 9:21 AM, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
Really? Ever heard of TweakUI or PowerTools? I am unaware of anything simialr for MacOS, because I have never used MacOS in a daily setting.
TinkerTool, which does the same as TweakUI for Windows: diddles optional settings that _already_ _exist_ in the system, but are not generally or easily exposed to the end-user by default.
Ever heard of Service Pack 3, for XP, which adds a bunch of stuff? Thesethings are done all the time. However, with Linux it is much moreobvious what you are doing, instead of trusting some opaque binary blob.
I think the point was that having to manually apply a source code patch, recompile the kernel, ensure that it's bootable, and then restart your system hoping it works is the whole sequence he was hoping to avoid.
For the most part, Service Packs from MS have worked, in my experience, without me having to fret over them. SP6 for NT4 notwithstanding, that is. :)
Same with updates for RHEL via RHN. Same with Software Updates from Apple.
In those cases, it's the vendor fixing something for you. You're not the one tasked with tweaking the source code simply to get a working system.
I don't want to do this. I shouldn't have to do this. I refuse to do this.Fine. But don't complain when your windows system grinds to a halt due to fragmentation, or some ohter issue that some simple third party tool will take care of.
You're missing his point.
(also note that the kernel patches in question have been rolled into the 2.6 line, which seems to be what everyone other than me runs. However, Istill see the Linux world as 2.4, because I don't trust 2.6 for production yet).
Yet Another Upgrade Cycle
I don't want to play with my OS. I want to do stuff with my computer.This is one I have a slight problem with. Is Linux a hobbyist OS? Or is it a consumer OS? Is it both? Dualistic roles? Server class, even? Trinaric roles? Interesting question. I think that answer might be determined by how you look at it.
So, are you saying, then, that those of us who actually have work to get done should use something other than Linux, whereas those of us who like diddling the system for the sake of the system should use Linux? :)
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