"Anuerin G. Diaz" wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:54:13 +1100 > Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> revealed these words to me: > > > On 13 Feb 2002 03:29:51 -0500, Paul Kraus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One of the reasons for switching to unix was the control over the os > > > that it allows. But I must admit the may files are organized are > > > completly chaotic. One install installs everything into one directory > > > another spreads the files out to every single directory on your drive. > > > How you can possibly maintain backups. Its driving me nuts. I can never > > > find anything. I am anal when it comes to how I keep my files. Is there > > > some logic to this that I am missing? > > > > GNU/Linux stores its files in a UNIX-like manner, which is tuned more towards > > servers and networks than to desktop computers. For a Windows user, who is used > > to each app having its own directory, this can be confusing. I was once in that > > position. Now, I'm quite used to it, and I appreciate the enormous power and > > flexibility it allows. > > > <snip> > > well not really. Windows installers also scatter a lot of files around. That's why >it's not advisable to just delete a directory instead of using the application's >uninstaller (if it does have one). > > ciao! >
Worse, windows installers will happily replace a .dll with an older version of the same .dll. I found that SFC was the only way to keep up. Go figure? Michael -- 1 1 was a race-horse, 2 2 was 1 2. When 1 1 1 1 race 1 day, 2 2 1 1 2.
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