On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 10:28:03PM -0000, Paul wrote:
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> I can't stand grub2 and haven't really delved into it too much. I should. Because right after I have it all figured out they'll roll out grub3!
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A lot of people, including myself, share your opinion. I understand the
logic of completely rewriting, rather than trying to fix old code, but
they took the good things about it--one simple config file, now several
files where one has to search for the right one to edit to change
entries--a file that seems to change between distributions--and of
course, now, after making changes, there's something else that has to be
run--I remember they used to mention the advantage over lilo of not
having to run any commands after changes.
Typical of the new Linux method. Whereas they used to follow the Unix
philosophy, one simple thing to do one task and do it well, it's now
more the Windows/Apple philosophy of let's hide it under pretty GUIs and
have it do all sorts of things.
On the plus side, when it works, it's more convenient--on the minus
side, well, it is far less robust and more difficult to troubleshoot.
--
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impulsive.
Buffy: Impulsive? Do you remember my ex-boyfriend? The vampire? I
slept
with him, he lost his soul, and now my boyfriend's gone forever and
the demon
that wears his face is killing my friends. The next impulsive decision
I make will
be my choice of dentures.
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