[OT] Debian mailinglists [was: RE: Debian or Ubuntu?]

[Bart Silverstrim]

Avi Greenbury wrote:

> The way people learn is they make mistakes, and learn from them. I only
> know what I do because I've broken lots of things in the past. Without
> that access to the core of how the system works (with options named as
> what they do, not dressed up in novice-user-speak), I wouldn't have
> learnt anything except 'don't click there'.

This is becoming a favorite phrase of mine..."I would submit that" there 
is a time for learning, and a time for getting the job done. Sometimes I 
just need to get it done, but I do love the learning part.

I'd rather not screw up while under the gun to deliver a product, 
whether it's completing a service task or getting a program installed 
and working.

But other than that I think I agree with you. One of the things I love 
about Linux is that when needed you can dig into the workings to get 
things working or configure as needed, and it'll let you skirt the edge 
of sanity in configurations.

Unfortunately, that also comes with responsibility. Configurability, 
choices, they come with responsibility, and people usually don't want to 
shoulder that. It's most of the reason, in my opinion, we have so many 
problems today with Spam, among other problems.

But that's a different conversation :-)