Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks

date posted 16th January 2004 22:57

On Friday 16 Jan 2004 10:40 pm, Liam Proven wrote:
> You're missing the point entirely.
>
> GUIs are discoverable. You can wander around exploring and find the
> setting you need eventually.=20

You can? How long would it take to go through the registry
looking for something? (Probably about as long as the=20
registry editor takes to search it, as it happens. Can anybody=20
give me any sort of idea what the hell the Registry editor is=20
actually *doing* when it does a search? How many billion=20
CPU cycles can it use for one simple job?)

> Unix systems tend to be a maze of
> undocumented little text files all over the shop and if you don't know
> what to edit you're stuffed.

I don't agree at all. Grepping /etc/ for something is quick and=20
convenient; locate *.conf and *.cnf also works nicely.

> I'm not saying get rid of ASCII config files, I'm saying I want a
> consistent,=20

Ah. Any sign of consistency yet from Redmond? IME every new
version of Windows has a whole new way of configuring things.

> discoverable GUI to find them with over the top.

Webmin not do it for you?