Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev; version 3

[Mick]

On Thursday 05 Jan 2012 18:20:16 Michael Mol wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
wrote:
> > On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:50:45 +0100
> >
> > pk <peterk2@××××××××.se> wrote:
> >> On 2012-01-05 13:08, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >> > If /usr is local, what really is the point of having it separate
> >> > from /? Have you ever found a Linux system in any condition that
> >> > could not start just because the stuff in /usr was available? I
> >> > haven't.
> >> >
> >> > Even the split between bin and sbin is arbitrary. It's only there so
> >> > that users can take sbin out of PATH and not have the screen
> >> > cluttered with endless junk when they tab-tab. It makes much more
> >> > sense to me to just have one single bin and lib location and shove
> >> > everything into it.
> >>
> >> I'm not an admin of a large organization so what do I know... but, I
> >> still can appreciate the flexibility and "tidyness" it[2] gives you
> >> in a multi-user system. I also can see this from a security point of
> >> view ("keep the cool toys from the children")... I personally like it
> >> for my very local computer as well for the above reasons (flex./tidy).
> >>
> >> 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard
> >>
> >> What you are basically saying is that everything "we" have learned
> >> about computer systems should be abolished and we adapt the
> >> monolithic, "black box" philosophy of newish systems like Windows.
> >> That's how I interpret what you're saying (yes, I do know hardware
> >> has changed since the 60'ies but not that radically, IMO)... I tend
> >> to think of Unix as "Lego" where you have lots of little bits with
> >> clean(ish) interfaces with which you can build whatever you want.dual
> >
> > Good analogy. I also like building systems from individual Lego bricks.
> > I don't like having to build the bricks themselves first :-)
> >
> > Windows goes too far to the other extreme IMO. That OS seems to have
> > largely abandoned control and there's not much in the way of
> > structure. Too little control is just as bad as too much
>
> Apparently they're going the 'app store' route in Windows 8.

They're just playing catch up with Apple instead of trying to innovate.
-- 
Regards,
Mick