Re:Mildly interesting rant about Linux and Complexity
by known on Thursday October 30, 2008 @06:30AM
(#348601)
(1) Linux != Gnome or KDE
(2) Options = Freedom
And X is loosely coupled (hence no single point of failure). MS Windows is tightly coupled architecture (hence single point of failure) for your computer.
Re:Mildly interesting rant about Linux and Complexity
by wmf on Thursday October 30, 2008 @04:13PM
(#349123)
Linux != Gnome or KDE
That's precisely his complaint. New features are being created that aren't accessible from the command line (e.g. NetworkManager). You have to use GNOME/KDE.
(2) Options = Freedom
And X is loosely coupled (hence no single point of failure). MS Windows is tightly coupled architecture (hence single point of failure) for your computer.