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Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid



On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 03:13 +0200, s. keeling wrote:
> Damon L. Chesser <damon@damtek.com>:
> >  On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 03:20 퍭㒲䞞阩먭磚, I think he was serious, and I agree with him.  Do you want
> > > your access to the pkging system to be borked when X is borked?
> > > Especially in this nvidia crazed age?
> > 
> >  I am equally at home using aptitude install, apt-get, apt-cache or
> >  synaptic.  I just don't mind a gui now and again, a picture can be worth
> >  1K words, or so I hear.  I can actually use vi, irssi, lynx and the lot,
> >  I just would prefer not to (on a desktop).
> 
> You're exceptional.  I worry about worst cases, not guys like you.  :-)
> 
> GUIs aren't evil or silly, but they're very often unnecessary.
> Slackware still can't be bothered to build a gui installer.  Why would
> they?  That's Zenwalk's job.  :-)
> 
> I very much like the Debian gui installer (pat on back Joey & friends,
> great job, thank you!).  It's an elegant interface, the curses
> installer accurately translated to gui.

I totally agree with you, on all points.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> (*)    http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html      Linux Counter #80292
> - -    http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html    Please, don't Cc: me.
> 
> 
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Damon L. Chesser
damon@damtek.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser

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