Not really. Haven't given up anything because of a difficult decision
> imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user
Not at all. Everything is very simple, from the bottom up.
> not all can achieve salvation
Why not? Every Unix that runs on a regular PC (or a Mac) is a free download. Chances are you can run some flavour of Unix on your watch. Or toaster.
> To make the system work you need to interpret the program yourself
No way. Running most programs is a point-and-click business. On any modern Unix (such as Solaris, Debian or Fedora), installing a programs is a point-and-click, very app-storish thing.
> Not really. Haven't given up anything because of a difficult decision
vim or emacs? KDE or Gnome? decisions, decisions.
> > imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user
> Not at all. Everything is very simple, from the bottom up.
All complex hermeneutics are simple once you're initiated into them. To the outsider, however, Unix is arcane.
> > not all can achieve salvation
> Why not? Every Unix that runs on a regular PC (or a Mac) is a free download. Chances are you can run some flavour of Unix on your watch. Or toaster.
Salvation comes from understanding the system and making it work for you. Merely downloading it is not enough. Unix is user friendly, it's just very picky about who its friends are.
> > To make the system work you need to interpret the program yourself
> No way. Running most programs is a point-and-click business. On any modern Unix (such as Solaris, Debian or Fedora), installing a programs is a point-and-click, very app-storish thing.
> Without the DRM part, of course.
Configure, Make, Make Install. Remember, this was written in 1994, when point-and-click was still very alien to Unix.
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> demands difficult personal decisions
Not really. Haven't given up anything because of a difficult decision
> imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user
Not at all. Everything is very simple, from the bottom up.
> not all can achieve salvation
Why not? Every Unix that runs on a regular PC (or a Mac) is a free download. Chances are you can run some flavour of Unix on your watch. Or toaster.
> To make the system work you need to interpret the program yourself
No way. Running most programs is a point-and-click business. On any modern Unix (such as Solaris, Debian or Fedora), installing a programs is a point-and-click, very app-storish thing.
Without the DRM part, of course.