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| Newer page: | version 2 | Last edited on Sunday, November 17, 2002 11:16:55 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
| Older page: | version 1 | Last edited on Sunday, November 17, 2002 7:24:36 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
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* Linux is built on the CommandLine and the UnixWay. If you can do something in a graphical program, chances there is a scriptable text mode way of doing the same thing, probably using the same library.
* You should never have to reboot unless you're replacing your kernel or changing hardware.
* Software won't just stop working for no apparent reason, requiring a reinstall, on Linux.
+* You (can) know precisely what your computer is doing at every point.
+*# You can look at a process list and be able to name exactly what all the processes are, what they are doing, what the consequences of shutting them down would be[1]
+*# you can look at a file and know what it's used for and what the consequences of changing it would be. Since most files are plain text, you can edit them with any text editor (and, as with point 1, you can select which text editor to use, vi(1)/emacs(1)/pico(1)/nano(1)/jed(1)/...
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+[1]: for example
+* Shutting down cron(8) would mean scheduled tasks would not be actioned.
+* Shutting down inetd(8) would mean that many network servers would not be available.
