[mythtv-users] Ubuntu Edgy -> Feisty upgrade report

David Campbell dave at cpfc.org
Wed May 2 13:38:09 UTC 2007


Brian Wood wrote:
> Brian J. Murrell wrote:
>> On Wed, 2007-02-05 at 12:03 +0100, David Campbell wrote:
>>> I'm not that bothered tbh, howerver you can see how daunting this would 
>>> be for someone new to linux.
>> Right, but the point I keep trying to make that seems to keep getting
>> lost is that if you are a new user to Linux, you should not be hacking
>> around in configuration files.  New users should use tools until they
>> understand what it is they are hacking around in.  The tools should do
> 
> We have a total difference of philosophy here.
> 
> A lot of people run Linux in order to learn it, and Unix in general. One
> of the most basic things to learn is how to administer from the CLI,
> because if all you do is use the "tools" you will wind up always using
> them, and never "understand" what they are doing.

Remove the Unix part please.

Linux sys admin != Unix sys admin

Dave



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