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Subject: 	Is Modern Linux Becoming Too Complex?
Date: 	Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:13:00 GMT
From: 	Soulskill


Is Modern Linux Becoming Too Complex?

An anonymous reader writes: Debian developer John Goerzen asks whether 
Linux has become so complex that it has lost some of its defining 
characteristics. "I used to be able to say Linux was clean, logical, 
well put-together, and organized. I can’t really say this anymore. Users 
and groups are not really determinitive for permissions, now that we 
have things like polkit running around.  (Yes, by the way, I am a member 
of plugdev.) Error messages are unhelpful (WHY was I not authorized?) 
and logs are nowhere to be found.  Traditionally, one could twiddle who 
could mount devices via /etc/fstab lines and perhaps some sudo rules. 
Granted, you had to know where to look, but when you did, it was simple; 
only two pieces to fit together.  I've even spent time figuring out 
where to look and STILL have no idea what to do."

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