On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Ben Collins wrote:

> If we left everything to "you have to be smart enough", then let's just
> leave out the entire linux kernel, most of the software in Debian, and
> go for a minimum cygnus install. Let's just ditch all non-i386
> architectures. Hell, let's get rid of everything that might potentially
> break your system, unless you are smart enough to use it. You know,
> things like X that can fry a monitor, or mkfs that might trash your
> harddrive.

mkfs doesn't fry harddrives, it fries data on harddrives.  However, using
wrong video settings can actually destroy certain monitors.


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