Re: [9fans] Q: moving directories? hard links?

[Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm>]

On 18 Apr 2011, at 2:11 pm, Lucio De Re wrote:
>
> One of these days they'll need installation checkboxes (a) to choose
> optional features and (b) to choose different alternative features
> that may clash with each other.  One will need a university degree in
> Linuxology to make educated decisions.

University degree? Hopeless! What I knew about Linux kernel
configuration 5 or 6 years ago isn't much use today. You need to
maintain an ongoing and in-depth self-education to keep up with
kernel configuration. I for one would much rather invest my time into
learning the all the curious details of Plan 9, most of which are far
more interesting and certainly much more educational and mind-
broadening than keeping up with the myriad latest hacks of Linux.

> When will natural selection start to apply to Linux distributions?

Natural selection in an environment as fiercely aggressive as what
humans demand of their computers (if that makes sense) unfortunately
favours short-term achievement only.