Automatix vs AutomatiKs

[Simon Rönnqvist]

On Friday 17 March 2006 17:11, Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> On Friday 17 March 2006 08:11, Gavin Dudley wrote:
> > *newbie*
> > Anyone used the Automatix configuration tool on their Kubuntu systems? I
> > was disturbed to note that, as kewl as it is, the KDE-specific
> > AutomatiKs tool doesn't have nearly as much stuff as Gnome's Automatix.
> >
> > So I am wondering what is the worst that could happen if I ran the
> > *wrong* one.
> >
> > blodot
> >
> > --
> > -
> > ... but who watches the watchmen?
>
> As the bot on #kubuntu says:
>
> [10:10] <jjesse> !automatix
> [10:10] <ubotu> somebody said automatix was unsafe, it overwrites
> configuration files, and does things like "echo -e 'ynYn'" that are
> considered risky. Please do not use it. There are alternative applications,
> but it's often best to read the documentation.

But this probably means that Automatix isn't safe for Ubuntu (GNOME) either.
I haven't heard about anybody having any problems with it though... but 
personally I don't like that it replaces the sources.list file and otherwise 
does some things in rather un-debian ways. ;-)

I think the bottom line is, are you a do-it-yourselfer or not... Automatix 
will annoy do-it-yourselfers but others probably will like it.

  cheers, Simon