From: Chris Murphy <lists(a)colorremedies.com>
On Mar 12, 2013, at 12:19 PM, John.Florian(a)dart.biz wrote:
>
> I personally could not care less about the defaults Fedora uses.
I've been overriding them for years. I'm just glad I was able to
learn these things before everything became hidden.
Because, naturally, you don't explore, find, or learn anything
hidden.
No, I do find it, but at considerable expense sometimes which only
decreases the value I find in any such system, Fedora or otherwise.
> Today's youth have none of the curiosity that I and my
friends
had at their age and I blame it on this "you don't need to know how
it works" mentality that is infecting everything.
Oh that's original. Your parents and grandparents never, ever said
anything like this.
They never said it to me. They encouraged my exploration despite
situations where I maybe I should have been held back, but I learned and
yes sometimes the very hard way. I see that way being replaced with fear,
apprehension and avoidance; just be a consumer and stop trying to be a
producer. From my POV, it's a sad progression, but hey that's just me and
my screwed up perspective.
> If you really want that Apple experience, why don't you
just use
their goods?
I do. Curious, isn't it, how I managed to stumble into linux boot
loading, and file systems of all things, never having a single
chance of seeing such things? They weren't merely hidden from me.
They didn't even exist.
Well good for you, but why make it harder than it needs to be?
--
John Florian