> From lfs-support-boun...@linuxfromscratch.org Wed Nov 27 23:33:32 2013 > Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 17:13:29 -0600 > From: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> > To: LFS Support List <lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> > Subject: Re: [lfs-support] Ethernet Card Not Found > > Gordon Findlay wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> That's kind of what confuses me about this whole issue... the degree to > >> which discussions here and elsewhere get so heated and angry. It's > >> obviously supremely important to some people - but I don't understand > >> why, when to me it seems such a small thing. > > >> I teach Linux, and this sort of change obsoletes a huge amount of material > > that students find in print or on the web. It makes Linux appear capricious > > and flaky in their eyes. > > Just to continue the conversation, I would ask those students if it's OK > that Windows changes all sorts of things with each new version? Is it > OK that older systems just stop working due to obsolescence. > > I too teach Linux, but I try to give a balanced presentation of the > advantages and disadvantages of new developments. Most new developments > are beneficial to some people. It's the attempt to force things that I > object to. The prime example is merging udev with systemd. The prime > example of disregarding that foolishness is LFS. >
I think the _prime_ example actually would be Slackware, in this and many other instances. > -- Bruce > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
