On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:20:24 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> On 10/8/2011 18:03, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:00:56 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/8/2011 14:38, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> Configuration files don't autogenerate other configuration programs.
>>>
>>> Autoconf? :-)
>>
>> Autoconf isn't really a configuration file.  It's a configuration file
>> parser. ;)
> 
> Hey, it's all binary blobs anyway, right? ;-)

Sure.  I suppose you'll point out that the binary structure of an 
executable that actually does something to manipulate the data in another 
file means that the executable is a configuration file.

My point was data is data is data is data, regardless of structure 
assigned to that data.  If you put a "binary blob" in the Windows 
registry, something knows what the structure of that blob means, 
otherwise it's just random data.

>> Though I find that the state of Linux GUIs is improving.  Certainly has
>> since I started using it.
> 
> Oh, tremendously. But they're still a PITA compared to Windows'
> explorer, methinks.

Depends entirely on what you're used to.

Having recently been asked to do some work that requires Windows, I've 
had my own frustrations with the Windows interface and things that don't 
work as efficiently on Windows as they do in Linux.

The same is true for comparing featuresets between Hyper-V and VMware 
Workstation.  For example, in Hyper-V, if you "pause" a machine, it stays 
allocated in memory rather than suspending.  "Pause" means "suspend 
execution".

In VMware, if you "pause" the VM, VMware grabs the state and commits it 
to disk, freeing up the memory for other VMs.  I find VMware's usage 
makes a lot more sense.

Jim

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