Re: writing configurations

On 2006-01-29, Earthling wrote:
> I'm new to using Linux and have only successfully installed it for the
> first time last week. Where ever I go to find information I see people
> discussing writing configurations. This is a fundamental change from
> Macintosh or Microsoft, we are expected to do things like that with
> Windows or Mac.
>
> Is there some where an explanation of what this is about and how to do
> it, or can someone at least tell me the basics?

In Unix systems, almost all configuration files are plain text
files. Their format varies considerably from one to another.
However, most of them are either configurable from within the
application or from a GUI configurator. Those that are not (and
even many that are) are well documented in the files themselves.

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