Comment by charcircuit

2 days ago

>if you go messing around with your configuration enough, you will eventually break something

If changing a setting breaks your OS that badly, that is a high priority bug that your OS vendor should fix immediately.

>You are effectively your own QA department in this case.

Linux users should hold their OS vendors to a higher standard than accepting that a user should become QA.

>You just need to look something up quickly to fix something and you are in front of the server.

Typically if you are in front of a server you have a client capable of running a web browser.

>Or you need to download a configuration file from GitHub and the URL is really long

Copy paste is fast even with a long URL.

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iamnothere  2 days ago

Is it an OS vendor “bug” if I delete system32.dll (despite all the warnings) or remove my hard drive and flush it down the toilet?

Maybe we have a different idea of what constitutes a “bug.” In my view, preventing users from running their preferred software or configuring their machine however the hell they want to is the “bug.” Forcing AI into every nook and cranny is a “bug.” So your OS vendor can shove it. I am my own OS vendor.

  • charcircuit  2 days ago

    Yes, your OS shouldn't allow you to break the OS. There is no user benefit in letting the user due such a thing. Only user harm.

    • iamnothere  2 days ago

      Well mine allows it, and if it is ever “locked down” to the point where I can’t do what I want to with it then I will patch and recompile to regain whatever I lost. Such is the beauty of open source. I can twist it, shape it, or even break it if I want to.

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bee_rider  2 days ago

> Linux users should hold their OS vendors to a higher standard than accepting that a user should become QA.

Yeah I’m going to demand my money back next time I break X.

  • charcircuit  1 day ago

    Just because something is free. It doesn't mean you can call out unprofessional behavior. Since macos is free should all macos users ask for a refund when they encounter something they don't like?

    • bee_rider  1 day ago

      MacOS is included with the price of Apple hardware.

      I’m glad the Linux community doesn’t engage in too much professional behavior. It would be really annoying if Linux was as locked down as a proprietary OS is, and I suspect contributors would find the whole thing less fun, so they’d share less code as a result.

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