The idea of /usr/sbin has failed in practice (www.osnews.com)

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[-] bitcrafter@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

Your animosity is perplexing given that the article agrees with you; it even ends with:

Anyway, these are good moves, and I’m glad most prominent Linux distributions are not married to decisions made in the ’70s, especially not when they can be undone without users really noticing anything.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

....and the rest of it?

Also...do you know what the word "animosity" means? This ain't that.

[-] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

...the rest of it explains the context, and then briefly says that some people will disagree with the decision, but those people should just use a different distro. What are you complaining about?

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