From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2b0cb3197406e6f914769e812fcb07b4@proxima.alt.za> References: <6a3ae47e0904171713u392a92f4yc9797b8a3bd066fc@mail.gmail.com> <2b0cb3197406e6f914769e812fcb07b4@proxima.alt.za> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:03:20 -0400 Message-ID: <3aaafc130904172303i5ba89dc1hdaf6026f52173717@mail.gmail.com> From: "J.R. Mauro" To: lucio@proxima.alt.za, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Help for home user discovering Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: e54c582a-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:47 AM, 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). =A0With Plan 9, I > find I can control the updating process and do not feel I'm leaving > myself exposed whenever I do. =A0Of 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. > > ++L > > The update/installation process in Ubuntu sucks. If you try something using BSD ports or Gentoo portage, you can fine tune things and have explicit control over the update process.