X on tty1 in Rawhide/F10

Ralf Corsepius rc040203 at freenet.de
Tue Oct 28 16:19:07 UTC 2008


On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 09:06 -0700, Christopher Stone wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 at freenet.de>
> wrote:
>         On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 16:24 +0100, Olivier Galibert wrote:
>         > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 04:49:33PM +0200, shmuel siegel
>         wrote:
>         > > Did you ever think that maybe, just maybe, the code did
>         that
>         > > deliberately? Maybe someone thought that it would be a
>         good idea for
>         > > usable consoles numbers to start at 1?  Or someone thought
>         that once
>         > > people started down a certain path with conventions, it
>         shouldn't be
>         > > changed unless the people saw a real benefit.
>         >
>         > Haven't you heard?  If you're not a graphical-only
>         desktop-type single
>         > user working on a laptop, you're not relevant.
>         
>         Exactly - nothing much to add.
>         
>         Time to evaluate other distros.
>         
>         
> 
> I can think of better reasons to switch distros other than what tty X
> is run on.
True, but it's one brick in a lengthy series of stupid and silly
decisions, which have been gradually running down Fedora into this
single-user windows clone it has evolved into.

> Let's keep this thread going, lots of great entertainment value!
Right, the "great RH tyrants who are finally showing up!" :)






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