So here's one that always leaves me wondering: The #1 original admin advice that *ought* to be Cargo Cult except for the fact that it actually works quite often: "reinstall the program".
It is recommended far more often on Windows than on Linux, but I see folks say it on Linux as well, and the totally absurd thing is that it often works. Why should it work? If a computer doesn't work well enough to do a simple job like copy a few files off some install media reliably, why on earth would you trust it to run the (probably) much more complicated program you just installed? In fact, if copying a few files onto the system fails so often that reinstall is a standard practice, why does anything ever work at all? It is a mystery to me :-). -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
