Re: [tlug] linux@example.com How many widely can we do that?

[Michael Bitker <mbitker@example.com>]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
> Michael Bitker writes:
>
>  > Meh, they are both arcane magic to peasants like me.
>  > Although I must admit I am still more comfortable messing around
>  > in Windows registry than .conf files just because I'm often rummaging
>  > around in there fixing some thing or another.
>
> .conf files ... ah, the putrid stench of GNOME.  .conf files ARE the
> Windows registry, ported to a GNOME-specific XML DTD, that's all.
>
> Try "man ssh_config" for a more Unix-y approach to configuration.

Can you give me a better reason than the smell? Cause it's a pleasant odor
to those of us coming from the Windows world.

-Mike