Thanks for the Virus.

[Alvin]

On Wednesday 18 March 2009 15:37:43 Nils Kassube wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > if someone of my
> > apparent above-average skill level cannot reset the X server without
> > C-A-B, then what is the casual user to do? Serious question.
>
> Reboot. Seriously, what is wrong with that approach? If you don't know a
> better way to get back to a usable machine, IMHO rebooting isn't that
> bad. If you use C-A-B you lose unsaved data of applications still
> running. If you reboot you lose unsaved data of applications still
> running. What's the difference? OK, it is frowned upon because it is
> the Windows way of fixing occasional problems, but I don't see why it
> should not work nearly as good as C-A-B. And if you have that
> occasional problem very often you can still enable C-A-B to save a
> minute or two from rebooting.

Linux is still a multi-user environment. XDMCP and all that. Let's try to keep 
the rebooting to a minimum. It's ok for a kernel update. It's not ok for 
anything else.