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.
Back that up or STFU.
>Linux config files in /etc/ are designed to be human readable. The Windows registry is not. That is why there are comments in text files, and no comments in the registry. Simple, isn't it?
>The registry contains a hell of a lot of =hex: entries. I can't find any files in /etc that contain any hex. Perhaps Windows admins are expected to convert hex>dec in their heads?
The point I made is that you shouldn't touch the registry unless you know what you are doing. Configuration of Windows is done through control panels etc. If you mess around in the registry without knowing what you are doing and screw up your machine then you deserve the results.
Text files may have advantages but my point was that command line editors are more cryptic than regedit. Also my point was that if you have a problem, look it up on the net and then make the recommended changes. If you don't have a problem, don't touch the registry. Simple. Windows way works. Linux doesn't have a unified configuration because each distro is slightly different - RedHat, Mandrake, SuSE, Debian all use different styles and have files in slightly different places - at least once you've learnt to configure Windows it's the same on each system.