[Lvlug] HERESY

[Mark]

On Fri June 26 2009 08:42:42 am Randy Kramer wrote:
> BTW, I agree with Mark about the things that you will find bad about
> Windows over time--loss of work, the need to reboot, accumulating
> cruft, ... (although, I've managed, believe it or not, to do similar
> things in Linux, even though some people would seem to think that is
> not possible).

I think I like cruft, too.  My user login for my home machine is 50GB's with 
years old config files being used on modern day software (not always a good 
combination.)  Admittedly, in the past, I would install everything as root so 
cruft built up in my system.  Now that I have learned to install everything 
in my home directory I just keep all my cruft there. ;) 

The biggest benefit I get from Linux is keeping users and system separate.  As 
a sysadmin I have long lamented that lack of separation in Windows.  Can 
anyone tell me why, oh why, you are REQUIRED to have local admin privileges 
just to write a stupid entry in Quickbooks?  Huh!  And don't tell me it's the 
database thingy.  In Linux a normal user can install and run databases.  Can 
you say True Multi-User System?

-Mark