Comment by wyclif

9 months ago

Way, way better than Ubuntu. And it adheres to *NIX philosophy by making all the config editable via text files.

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sleepybrett  9 months ago

having run ubuntu-server for awhile for my home server.. what config files do i need to edit without a text editor?

flexagoon  9 months ago

What exactly in the UNIX philosophy says configs should be editable via text files? It specifically talks about CLI tools using plaintext for their I/O to allow piping commands - not about configuration.

  • wyclif  9 months ago

    It's called the "Rule of Textuality", a component of which is: "Store data in flat text files." This principle recognizes that text files are human-readable, easily editable with any text editor, version-controllable, and can be processed by standard UNIX tools.