On Thu,16.Jul.09, 18:29:31, Dirk wrote: > > I can imagine making Linux safer to use for beginners by having a > daemon in the background running that overwrites changed config > files with default values to prevent clueless people from trashing > their system. > > That daemon could be enforced as a dependency of the Linux Standard > Base to ensure less questions like "Help! My Linux doesn't work > anymore." in this mailing list. Please read again what you are proposing. Your ideea is *much worse* than hal. Debian considers it a "serious" (as in release critical) bug to change configuration files without user's approval, and for good reasons. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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