Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

[peter@easthope.ca]

    From: Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
    Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 11:40:52 -0400
> Just FYI, that page is essentially an older version of 
> <https://mywiki.wooledge.org/DotFiles>. 

Thanks.  A much better document.  Jonathan added a link to it.
https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

> If you want to attempt to merge the changes from the latter page 
> into the wiki.debian.org page, feel free.

Thanks.  System startup, user authentication, authorization and 
graphical system startup are complex subjects.  Then there are many 
ways to assemble into a working system.  My knowledge doesn't qualify 
well to document the subject.  =8~/

This documentation task is analogous to writing a recipe for a cake.  
Which cake?  Thousands of cake recipes exist and everyone has a 
preference.  No recipe is widely accepted for any purpose. Eg., in 
some cultures a wedding cake is a plain vanilla cake. In other 
cultures, a fruitcake with marzipan and icing. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_cake 
And some people won't eat fruitcake.  =8~/

A personal workstation can be a straightforward tool.  Yet confusion 
between familiarity and feasibility gives arguments reminiscent of 
religion.  Achieving and documenting a good personal workstation is a 
challenge.

Thx,                               ... P.

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