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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 09 July 2006 22:38 \__
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>> Jim <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> <snip installation of tv cards on Windows machines>
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>>> Now, with Linux, the manpages are /there/, on the /system/. And very
>>> few, if any, reboots are needed (last time I checked, installing a
>>> WinTV/FM PCI on an XP box required four restarts).
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>> For those who have little else to do with their lives than admin their
>> windows PCs, this is surely fine. For the rest of us, there's Linux.
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> Ironically, often the same claims are made in reverse. Well, not in reverse
> /per se/, but Windows users would like to convenice themselves that Linux
> requires constant tinkering, not realising that day-to-day maintenance
> chores are virtually non-existent. Flame wars have revolved around this
> themes in other newsgroups such as the Palm newsgroup.
>
People are wont to confuse can with must in these situations. Just
because you can spend your life tailoring linux, doesn't mean
that you must. Its stability is such that once set up, it remains that
way. Maintenance is necessary, naturally, but is exceptionally limited,
particularly on embedded systems.
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