Re: does Linux have a registry?

JM <j@xxxxxxx> writes:

Thanks for the info Chris, John, Keith, Nico, Unruh and Matt. Its great
to know that no one will be controlling my computer.......especially
Bill Gates. You know, the name Bill Gates fits really well with that
guy. His software gives you a high credit card Bill for something that
isn't that good compared to linux, and then he puts Gates up in your
computer so you can't get to and control everything and he can.
One other thing.......can editing the configuration files for
applications or the OS mess up the computer? I'm assuming that you would

For some yes (eg /etc/fstab which controls how the disks are mounted) For
most it will just mess up the program they are the config files for.


have to have a decent amount of experience to edit the configuration
files and know what you are doing so you didn't mess up anything. I

Always make a backup of the files before you change them (eg
cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.orig
That way you can recover.

personally don't have any experience when it comes to editing
configuration files.
.

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