Corrupt registry? backup, backup, backup, and restore. Sam. Christopher Smith wrote: >Amen to ini files. >I really hate when you need to spend hours looking for some binary setting >in the registry to fix some program behaivor. Don't get me started on a >corrupted registry. > >Chris Smith > > >-----Original Message----- >From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org >[mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Karl Bongers >Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:58 AM >To: TCLUG Mailing List >Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Order of Execution > >On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:23:27AM -0600, Sam MacDonald wrote: > > >>I have a related question about symlinks or "symbolic links" for the >> >> >group. > > >>One of the things about NT that makes it easy to understand is the use >>of the registry. The registry links objects to what the object is used >>for or to objects it uses. It organizes everything in a central >> >> >Hierarchy. > > >>No central registry exists in Linux that I have found, it feels >> >> > >You make the registry sound so clean and neat, I've always considered it a >vast dumping ground for unrelated, unused configuration settings. >I kinda preferred INI files, I'm a simple person. >Maintaining the register is like dumpster diving. > > > >>scattered to me at this point. I can't go to one place and find the >>guts of everything. >> >> > >Yes you can, its called "/etc" and it's easy enough to use. All the system >configuration settings are in etc. Personal configurations are in home >directories in a somewhat less organized way. >(A home/person/etc might have been nice) > > > >>The essence of Linux is the File System and Symlinks if I'm not >>mistaken, "Yes"? >> >> > >Yes, I think you are right. >But not symlinks, symlinks is just a semi-useful trick that some file >systems support. I doubt that a basic unix system requires them. > > > >>I need to be sure I'm understanding "in the Linux world" what I >>understand in the NT world. >> >>Could it be said (without opening a can of flames) that, >> symlinks do something similar to registry entries by pointing to >>other objects. >> >> > >They are a secondary reference(or link) to files or folders, they can be >used to organize(or disorganize) a file system. > > > >>I'm trying to take my NT registry knowledge that is the guts of the OS >>and translate Linux in to that understanding. Remember NT was >>designed by VAX guys, they took the guts of VAX and translated it in >>to the NT registry. Kinda like what Compaq did with the PC BIOS ;-) >> >> > >I would not consider NT registry as the guts, its just a massive >configuration file in binary format to save some space and provide some >control(that perhaps the file system didn't provide). >I don't know anything about VAX, did it have a registry? >The guts in my opinion are the kernel and drivers that make up the system. > > > >>I don't know why but I need to know the lowest levels of the OS first >>and learn up. I also need to learn from the desktop down at the same >>time. It works for me. >> >> > >I've found that once you get used to it, the unix file system is logically >organized. You can easily distinguish the various components and work with >them. I can't say the same for the Windows system. >It seems to change from year to year, today its tele-tuby land with "My >music" and My programs", tommorrow it will be something else ("Our musac" >and "Our Video", with "Your digital rights management"). > >NT/XP is an improvement over 95/98. I kinda wonder if people will find a >way to hose it up as bad as 95/98. You know, your neighbor says, hey my >computer is running really slow and crappy and has all these pop-ups. Then >you have to go run msconfig and turn off dozens of useless "in your face" >crapware that has accumulated. >Hmm, I think I coined a new term here, "crapware". :) > > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list