Good on you! Reason I write this is larger code and more complex code by
its increased size and complexity is inherently more likely to fail more
often. Figuring out how to do as much as possible with C.L.I. tools puts
what may be those essential backup tools in your pack that may get you
around those G.U.I. failures when they happen.
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Hal Vaughan wrote:
On Thursday 13 December 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 05:27:30PM +0100, Dirk wrote:
I won't start commenting on all this HAL, udev and similar
bullshit.
But this error message when I used modconf: "update-modules
deprecated"
Is another sign that people here are trying to emulate even the bad
sides of Windows.
*I* (ME!) wan't to have fucking control over my modules back you
frickin' desktop loving auto-this, auto-that assholes!!!!
Try OpenBSD. No modules to worry about, no auto-anything, dmesg
shows you everything you have and where it is. Simple. Only
downsides: if you need a module for some piece of closed-source
hardware; package management is quite as simple as with aptitude; no
volume-management like LVM or easy software-raid; no flash-enabled
browser.
I agree that linux has become a cliky-pointy-lindows thingy unless
you fight it. I don't do CUPS, I don't do DTE. I use lpr, CLI,
startx, icewm. To mount a USB stick I have an entry in fstab for
/dev/sdc1. If udev were to act up, I'd use LABLE=stick1: this is the
fight-it part.
Personally, I find a lot of these things let me focus on doing the work
I need to do as opposed to having to spend time thinking about how I'm
going to do something or making sure I can do something. Different
methods work for different people. It's cliche, but true. Some people
think better with a visual interface. It's just a different learning
or processing style.
What I like about Linux is that I have the choice. When I'm
programming, I use a simple editor and am constantly using the CLI.
When I'm writing film scripts, I need as intuitive and visual an
interface as possible. Both use different parts of the brain.
Hal
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