On 04/18/2009 11:23 AM, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: >> Every time I have to use something like >> Linux or MS, I feel overwhelmed by the sheer complexity of it all. > > Possibly OT, my main beef with Linux and Windows is that they keep > wanting to update themselves and the effort to "manage" these updates > is enormous (less so with Ubuntu, but still great). With Plan 9, I > find I can control the updating process and do not feel I'm leaving > myself exposed whenever I do. Of course, the factors involved are > very different, but I have a suspicion that with Windows and Linux one > relinquishes control at too deep a level and the continual updates are > a particularly visible case of this loss of control.
I don't use Windows/XP that much, kids boot it off and on, because they need it per their syllabus. As for as fetching and, or applying updates to Linux and FreeBSD machines are concerned I never ever lost control. -- Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 Anu'z li...@home (Unix Shoppe) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192 Chandigarh, UT, 160062, India Plan9, T2, Arch/Debian/FreeBSD/XP Home: http://cto.homelinux.net/~bsd/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/
