On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 05:12:55PM +0700, Ken Heard wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> 
> >seriously though, and unfortunately, for many people it *is*
> >core. Having X totally crap out on them would be a good thing, IMO. 
> >
> 
>       Well, it happened to me; but I did not consider it A Good Thing, 
>       as it almost hung the box.  I had to log on in an F terminal to recover 
> my data and move it to my laptop which had a functioning gui.
> 
>       I couldn't get Xfree86 started again (this was a Sarge box).  
>       Sometime next month I will install Etch on that box.  Maybe by then RC2 
> will be available, rather than wait for Etch stable.  (I know Etch 
> stable is on its way, and so is Christmas.)
> 

dang, Ken, gettin' behind on the reading there? ;-)

Of course, I was speaking rhetorically about the benefits that many
people would gain from actually learning how their computer
works. Having a non-functionging X system could help in that. 

I have no desire to see someone's X system bork and take the whole
system down or lose data. 

A

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