Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

How to Fix the Unix Configuration Nightmare

Posted by Hemos on from the fixing-the-problem dept.

jacoplane writes: "There's an interesting article on freshmeat talking how sorting out some kind of standard for configuration could really help Unix systems could be more user friendly. The article points out that since Apple has managed to build a quite usable system on top of NetBSD, it should be doable to do the same for open-source interfaces."

1 of 467 comments (clear)

  1. NETINFO is the worst by capedgirardeau · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is just like the dark days of the windows registry.

    Obscure syntax and things buried levels deep.

    It takes 14 steps to add an /etc/hosts entry using the NetInfo system is one example of what I mean.

    --
    Wax on, wax off baby!