Re: does Linux have a registry?

On 2008-01-29, HASM <not_really@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

You mean "Does linux have a cryptic, fragile, incomprehensible system
for storing preferences, system configuration options, worms, viruses,
and cracked data, which if you make one mistake (which you, or some
b0rked installer, will) in even a trivial location will render the
entire computer utterly useless?" If so, then no.

But gnome/gconf seems to be working on that direction ...

Even if gconf is a mess, it still can't render the entire OS completely
helpless, unless it can cause a kernel panic. And even then, the OS can
be booted without X11 to troubleshoot.

--keith


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