Re: does Linux have a registry?

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
JM wrote:
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 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 personally don't have any experience when it comes to editing configuration files.
JM

Yes, you can shoot yourself in the head pretty seriously. This is why some very good GUI's exist, to sanity check your modifications and keep the bullet pointed away. This capability exists in *ANY* configuration, unless it's been dumbed down so far it's useless.

This is part of why I like Webmin. It's done a lot of the sanity checking for you, with an amazing variety of systems and configurations. It's also why Eric Raymond wrote a famous rant about open source GUI's, involving CUPS and why things should be written as safe for "Aunt Tillie" to use.
Thanks for the advice. I don't think I will be editing configuration files anytime soon. Are there any good websites out there about editing configuration files and/or Webmin?
JM
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