Restarting Xserver from cli

Bart Silverstrim bsilver at chrononomicon.com
Wed Mar 18 20:11:01 UTC 2009


Joseph Linkous wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Bart Silverstrim
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:31 PM
> To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
> Subject: Re: Restarting Xserver from cli
> 
> Mario Vukelic wrote:
>> On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 08:22 -0400, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
>>> And what idiot would be trusted using Linux, not knowing what CAB does
>> Huh?
> 
> The full context was:
> Honestly...how does it save lives preventing X restarting? And what 
> idiot would be trusted using Linux, not knowing what CAB does at a 
> critical moment of someone's life connected to that computer?
> 
> CAB---control alt backspace...
> 
> What kind of idiot would be trusted using linux if they don't know about 
> C-A-B while operating said equipment on someone who's life is relying on it?
> 
> The real huh was the statement about saving someone's life by getting 
> rid of control-alt-backspace.
> 
> -=-=-=-=-=-=
> 
> <quote>
> What kind of idiot would be trusted using linux if they don't know about
> C-A-B while operating said equipment on someone who's life is relying on it?
> 
> The real huh was the statement about saving someone's life by getting rid of
> control-alt-backspace.
> </quote>
> 
> You contradict yourself. First, you imply that someone not familiar with
> Linux shouldn't be trusted to work with it, then you say that people's lives
> would be saved by removing CAB, which wouldn't even be an issue if the
> person working with the system was familiar with Linux.

I DIDN'T SAY "then you say that people's lives would be saved by 
removing CAB, which wouldn't even be an issue if the person working with 
the system was familiar with Linux."

THAT WAS FROM A PREVIOUS MESSAGE BEING REPLIED TO BEING REPLIED TO that 
started the whole "saving a life" bit.






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