you always have to carry around some of the weight of Unix, like permissions, which make almost no sense on the desktop
I disagree absolutely. If I ever were to marry, maybe even someone who isn't familiar with Linux, I probably wouldn't want to have her mess up my/etc files. If I ever were to get kids, I'd definitely not let them tamper with anything/etc,/bin,/sbin,/usr/sbin or/usr/bin. I'd let them use Linux as a normal user though... No problems at all.
Much the same holds true for businesses - why would I want a "This stupid box has a spell checker, so why doesn't it correct me when I mistype my password"-type of secretary to mess with config files, or delete vital files (Those of you who work in support/help desks/...: How many times did you have to fix the "I never use that C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM stuff, so I deleted it to save some space" problem?)
Not quite that useless... (Score:2)
I disagree absolutely. If I ever were to marry, maybe even someone who isn't familiar with Linux, I probably wouldn't want to have her mess up my
If I ever were to get kids, I'd definitely not let them tamper with anything
I'd let them use Linux as a normal user though... No problems at all.
Much the same holds true for businesses - why would I want a "This stupid box has a spell checker, so why doesn't it correct me when I mistype my password"-type of secretary to mess with config files, or delete vital files (Those of you who work in support/help desks/...: How many times did you have to fix the "I never use that C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM stuff, so I deleted it to save some space" problem?)