On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > max bianco wrote: > > > > > > > > You are making a very good argument for that user to find a different > > > distribution if you are doing things just to make him work harder. > > > > > > > > You are working very hard to intentionally misunderstand where I am > > coming from, easy is not always better. > > > > No, I understand it, but in my experience it is wrong. > > > > > I understand your arguments > > and they are sound. Fine and good , I am merely voicing my concerns. > > Will you address this concern?or continue to ignore it? > > > > I'm not ignoring it, I keep pointing out why it is wrong. > > > > > What about the > > user who hoses his system with fdisk by accident? > > > > a) This is much more likely after he has been frustrated by having to track > down the command in the first place or waste time fixing silly defaults, and > b) is really none of your business. If you have the root password, the > system is supposed to do what you tell it. If you don't want someone to be > able to break their system with fdisk, don't give them root access. If you > do give them the root password, or it's their machine in the first place, > then make it easy to do things the right way instead of frustrating them so > they are confused and angry before even starting to use the correct tools. > > > > > Will he love Fedora > > for it? > > > > No one can blame fedora for what they type into fdisk as root themselves. > I see, I thought we were talking about a multi-user system, like you find in many homes with only one computer but more than one user. Max -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
