Reasons to preseve X on tty7

shmuel siegel fedora at shmuelhome.mine.nu
Wed Oct 29 16:43:49 UTC 2008


Dimi Paun wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 12:01 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
>   
>>> What is important? Well, it's not rocket science (and don't ask for
>>> studies, I don't care for that kind of discussion):
>>>       
>> Exactly! No need to actually study when we can just make stuff up!
>>     
>
> Or better yet, let's indulge in some satisfying mental masturbation
> about what a user or a computer is, what's the meaning of life, and
> what can we do to address _all_ of the world's problems at once.
>
> Seriously, if we have studies, let's use them. Sure. But I've been
> long enough in the Linux community to know that if you want something
> stopped in its tracks, you just start a meta-discussion that can
> last forever. And everybody has a chance of showing just how fscking
> intelligent they are in understanding all the subtle nuances in the
> semantics of such difficult concept as "user", "normal", and so on.
>
> Meanwhile nothing gets done, and the entire mess perpetuates itself
> by years in a lot of cases. Sorry, seen too many such discussions to
> still believe they lead anywhere productive.
>
>   
Sorry, you are on the wrong thread for this argument. In this case 
something was done which many people object to. They have given their 
reasons and even proposed alternatives. It is the side that says keep 
the change that is forestalling any meaningful discussion.




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