Linked by Adam S on Sun 6th Apr 2003 17:18 UTC
This is my reaction to Tsu Dho Nimh's "Migrating to Linux not easy for Windows users" featured on Linuxworld.com recently. It's not a response, I'm not challenging his opinions, which I feel are not only valid, but mostly right, it's just a reaction.
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Oh come on Ken ! You are defending a sinking ship here. Everyone knows that for a average user, text files are easier to deal with in the long run. Also when was the last time a application writer took the time to rename a key and write in what it suppossed to do and what values it effects and how it effects it ? Now as for your example you provided below anyone that has learned the file structure of *Nix can easliy know where those files would be found and why. It's just like knowing where to put a program like md5sum in Win2000 ( C:WINNTSYSTEM32 ) inorder to get it to work in the command line. It's just plain easier to deal with text files then it is to deal with the reg. Not to mention that the registery in windows is like putting all you eggs in one basket. One screw up and your system is hosed if you haven't backed it up and most users I know don't even know how to back it up to begin with.