Reasons to preseve X on tty7

[Casey Dahlin]

Dax Kelson wrote:
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> Uneeded and frivolous incompatibilities between Linux distros are
> particularly annoying to me on many levels. One practical reason is the
> bloat it causes in our courseware. The LSB is fine for developers who
> want to run binaries across multiple distributions, but Linux Sys Admins
> deserve something akin to the LSB that provides greater consistency at
> the Sys Admin level by removing squashing these frivolous
> incompatibilities. This is something that has been brewing in the back
> of my mind and I (using Guru Labs funding/resources and other interested
> parties) might tackle at some point.
>   
I don't really agree with your expectations of Linux as a whole.

This idea has come about that there is an operating system called Linux 
and there are many flavors of it called distros. This is not, IMHO, the 
case. There are many different operating systems, and they all happen to 
use the Linux kernel.

I don't expect Ubuntu to be any more compatible with Fedora than 
Windows. The two come out pretty similar only because we happen to agree 
on more than we disagree on (believe it or not), and because 
wheel-inventing costs effort, even if you think you can make a shinier one.

If somehow I could be transported 30 years into the future, and I could 
be sat down in front of Fedora, I'd be honestly disappointed if I 
recognized it. I don't much like the idea that all privileged operations 
are proxied through one all-capable and identityless account, and 
between /usr, /usr/local, and /opt I'm certain there is at least one too 
many places to put programs. Every single thing about this OS will 
change some day. We'll even switch kernels at some point if we last long 
enough (could be 50 years, could be 100) Drastic change is going to 
come, and its going to come to the disto that dares. And the rewards 
will be great.

--CJD