gnu linux update question

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 12:29 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 06/28/2011 09:41 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > If I had to pick out a single feature to demonstrate the superiority of
> > the Unix style of system, this would be it.
> 
> De gustabus and all that jazz.  I prefer to explain that Linux file 
> systems never (well, almost never) need defragging because that's 
> something J. Random User can understand.

Sure, but that's an implementation detail. The file reference idea is a
basic part of the system's "principles of operation" (and the reason for
the existence of inodes) which at some point the user would do well to
be aware of. Call it an aesthetic thing.

poc