restarting X server

[Thomas K Gamble]

On Tuesday 17 March 2009 08:10:40 pm Clay Weber wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 March 2009 7:22:12 pm Jonas Norlander wrote:
> > > You can enable it again with this settings in xorg.conf
> > > Section "ServerFlags"
> > > Option "DontZap" "no"
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > / Jonas
>
> Also, here is the link to the spec for this in the wiki:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XorgCtrlAltBackspace

<rant>

After reading some of the arguments on the discussion linked to from the 
above, it is obvious that this is all about hand holding of Windows users 
that might be trying to make the switch to Linux.  One commentor even 
suggested that rebooting the computer was the proper alternative to 
restarting the X server! I quote: "Reset is a much better alternative to 
ctrl+alt+backspace because it's documented: as in, IT SAYS "RESET" ON IT!" 
Another suggested disabling the ctl-alt-f# keys as well!  The Ubuntu 
development team has clearly been infiltrated by Windows centric developers.

In my opinion I think new users need to understand that this is NOT Windows.  
It is a different OS with different features and excentricities that will 
take some time to learn and appreciate.  If the goal is to provide a windows 
clone then why bother since windows is a good enough windows already.

I understand that wanting to protect data from inadvertant loss is a worthy 
goal, but nowhere in the discussion did I find that anyone actually 
experienced this or had first hand knowledge of this happening to someone.  
It is all based on supposition and supposition is poor reason for 
implementing change.

</rant>

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Thomas K. Gamble
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Chemical Diagnostics and Engineering (C-CDE)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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