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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"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."
The original point that I made that sent you off on your uninformed multipost tirade was not that the average person should be messing around in the registry. My point was that Linux is evolving into a nice middle ground where a user CAN use "wizards" but should those wizards fail to do the job the user can fallback to using text config files or command line tools. That ability is fast disappearing in Windows. Without that ability the user may be forced to attempt the registry fix or worse yet have to reload the entire system for what would be simple fixes in Linux/Unix based operating systems.
Your posts have shown an obvious bias towards Windows and your ignorance is plainly visible to any who tried to respond reasonably to you.
Oh, and as you so politely said to another poster...STFU.