On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 09:24 -0400, Fulko.Hew@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > When you look at this, you really have to remember that Linux/Unix _is_ > a multi-user platform, and the single user scenario is just a sub-set > of its functionality. Of course, ironically, this is what makes Linux so much more suitable to the concept of "My <something>" and "System <something>" than Windows. In the past Microsoft have worked really hard to give their single user environment a feeling that, while 3 or four people use it, it's actually 'each users' desktop. It's really quite laughable, more marketing than any real value, but that's a good way to think of Microsoft's products (IMHO ;-]) Linux on the other hand, with it true Multiuser environment, actually makes sense to have a distinction between what settings affect the individual user, and what setting affect the system. Things have progessed nicely to such a stage that you can even set up X windows defaults for the system, but each user can have their own preferred display size (which my wife has been wanting for ages - 1600x1200 WFM but not for her), so the idea of "My" and "Everyone/System/Default" actually makes a huge amount of sense. Rodd. PS. This is not an endorsement of Linux using the terms "My" and "System" but more a comment on the fact that while it might have been something the Microsoft used as a marketing ploy (and still does) it actually makes sense in Linux.