Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Tim Watts Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: How do home users of linux protect themselves against ill-advised changes? Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:05:50 +0000 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net jirjK+fRjurdqCm/zMRuQAlneXe8Gmd8x28b8eWV2gWys5qjIw X-Orig-Path: squidward.dionic.net!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:NPoabv+V6uZYZIg3MC8TICaHqDQ= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:13300 On 05/01/15 19:20, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 05/01/15 18:12, Tim Watts wrote: >> On 05/01/15 16:50, notbob wrote: >>> On 2015-01-05, Tim Watts wrote: >>> >>>> For one, if it's your job, you should look at other distros from >>>> time to >>>> time. >>> >>> Why? >>> >> >> *sigh* >> >> So that you remained informed as to alternatives. >> >> I'm not saying everyone can use or test every distro, but it would be >> dereliction to not make an effort to remain informed and open minded >> about some alternatives in any field. > > Unless what you have actually does everything you want. > > Still worth testing that assumption if you are a sysadmin :) You might find one that does everything you want, slightly better :) Or at least you can go to bed with a big smarmy grin knowing you made the best choice x years ago!