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*nix on the desktop | by mikosullivan | 2001-02-22 06:30:09 |
| RE: *nix on the desktop |
by Kraut |
2001-02-22 08:10:12 |
| mikosullivan wrote:
>It started when my coworker described watching *nix newbies get upset
>because they discovered that they couldn't undelete deleted files. I
>said that I've always felt that *nix ought to have undelete ability,
>and that lit the fire of the discussion.
Well, me personally, i never used an undelete facility and i never
missed it. I can remember only once, that i lost really valuable
data. That was when i badly damaged the file system on a floppy disk
while working with DOS. (Changing the disk at a very bad moment, DOS
wrote the FAT from the old disk onto the new. That was quite long
ago, when i used to store data on floppys.) No need to say, that
there was no undelete facility for this kind of incident (despite the
fact, that this was before DOS had any undelete thingys).
For things like editing files, i often use CVS, so i am able to revert
changes and - much more important - compare with older versions, to
see what i have done and why i did. The rest is done by the backup
tape.
Unix is for people who know what they are doing and who think before
they act. Unix is designed as a tool for people who are able to
handle tools, not as an assistant that addresses to dumb users and
thus tries to be smarter than the user. That's what makes Unix such a
great tool.
>My position is that if we want to get *nix (particularly Linux) on
>the desktops of the world then we need to start addressing the wants
>of the consumer.
I don't want to get *nix on any desktop other then mine. I have Linux
at home and Solaris at work, that's exactly what i want and so i'm
happy. I don't care about other people's desktops.
>We can make technical excuses until we're blue in the face about why
>some utility can't be done, but the consumers will simply vote with
>their desktops and Linux will never catch up with Windows.
I see no need for an technical excuse for not having an undelete
facility as long as i consider such a thing useless.
>(As a tangent, the question is begged if the Linux world actually
>WANTS to be on the desktop, as opposed to staying in the server
>room. Products such as StarOffice and Gnome indicate that many people
>in the Linux world do want Linux on the desktop.)
Products such as StarOffice and Gnome might indicate, that they are
currently people who want Linux on their own desktop. That doesn't
mean that these people are up to become missionaries and persuade
other people to get it as well. (Despite that fact that i avoid using
this StarOffice-crap whenever possible.) |
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agree... | by Scheuri | 2001-02-22 08:16:21 |
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