Restarting Xserver from cli

Cybe R. Wizard cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net
Thu Mar 19 04:19:09 UTC 2009


"Joseph Linkous" <thecatchallemail at gmail.com>  said:
> What's the argument here? I'm not quite sure. It seems more like
> people simply resisting a change instead of people resisting for a
> logical reason.

I think my own resistance to it /as a default/ is that it is just more
of the trend to make Linux operate more and more like Windows does.
Linux has had its own ways of working and should let new folks learn
them instead of offering constant WinUser accommodation.  This leads to
more and bulkier code, many times to conflicting code.  I now have to
DL a package to enable something that has always (in my own experience)
been available?  Will Windows disable >Ctrl-Alt-Delete> if I lose data
because I, used to Linux' <Ctrl-Alt-Bksp>, inadvertently give the Three
Finger Salute?
No.
Why should Linux change into a clone of Windows, especially for
something that likely doesn't happen at all often? Let the new folks
learn or offer /them/ a package to /dis/able instead of making old
Tried and True users do the work of turning on That Which Should Be
Turned On. Haven't the newbuntuers all heard that Linux gives us
better/more control of our boxen?  Disabling that control by default is
backward thinking.

Cybe R. Wizard
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