On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 22:02 -0700, Kevin Fries wrote: > > This morning I had to re-install Windows because udev failed to build > the /dev link for a USB based scanner. This has set my transition to > a Linux network back 2 years. And I get accused of whinnying. > > I want whatever was working before it uninstalled and upgraded with > udev. I was under the impression that it was devfs, but I am > wondering if it was static dev. Whatever it is, udev failed not on > something complex that can be explained away, but on a basic USB > scanner. Using Beta (closer to alpha if you ask me) software in a > stable distribution is setting the Linux movement back, not forward. ---- sorry you 'had' to re-install Windows. Rather than debate you, I would encourage you to read this essay (and a very popular one at that) by Eric Raymond - one of the most articulate advocates of Free Software http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ You referred to Linux as a movement. It is not a movement. Linux is a kernel. Fedora is a distribution of Linux and various utilities, daemons and applications. 'Free Software' is a movement. The distinction is entirely important and if you read this essay, you will understand what is at stake. Craig
