I've worked with HPUX, AIX and Solaris. I've delt with Debian, RH ans Suse. I find that Debian is closest to any of the above UNIXs. If you know Debian, you can find your way around any UNIX box.
As far as a registry is concerned, UNIX/Linux does not need it. A registry is the biggest waste of processor bandwidth and disk real-estate, and a bitch to maintain. Things are handled very nicely with /etc. Anything else is overkill. -mk > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Johnson [mailto:baloo@;ursine.dyndns.org] > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Debian, too easy? > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 09:59:54PM +1000, Russell wrote: > > IMHO, a registry would be ok if it was ascii/human > readable, you could > > tell applications to ignore it, and no applications are > forced or required > > to know about it. A set of utilities for examining and > manipulating it > > would be useful too. > > Don't we already have a registry? Isn't it called /etc? Isn't a lot > easier to deal with it spread out a little for better description? > > -- > Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
