[sf-lug] Need help with VirtualBox on openSUSE and Feisty (or Gutsy)

[Ernest De Leon]

Aside from the fact that it goes against FHS, your directory structure,
access levels and security will be all over the place.

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Quoting Ernest De Leon (edeleonjr at gmail.com):
>
> > I don't think anyone gets offended per se...it's just pretty funny from
> a
> > 3rd person perspective.  :)
>
> As I said, *I* find amusing people insisting on interpreting a
> substantive debate as interpersonal soap opera.  That point even made it
> to my Lexicon page, quite a few years ago:
>
> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/lexicon.html#moenslaw-debate1<http://linuxmafia.com/%7Erick/lexicon.html#moenslaw-debate1>
>
>  Moen's First Law of Debate
>
>    "No matter what the issue, someone will try to turn it into a
>    personality dispute." In part, this is because complex issues become
>    more comprehensible if you convert them into soap opera, however
>    inaccurately.  [...]
>
> Call me a cynic, but I suspect that relatively few readers of this list
> actually got my point about the reasons why requirements analysis and
> competent system adminstration are essential for preventing a software
> project, especially on *ix, from being a waste of time and a sour
> experience for everyone.  On the other hand, _everyone_ understands the
> concept of a dumb schoolyard brawl.
>
> Perhaps you can tell me:  Why _is_ it a bad idea to install system
> software in a user's home directory?  (Take your time, but no passing of
> notes with your classmates.)
>
>
>
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