[mythtv-users] On the verge of giving up

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:03:17AM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> The real problem with the Windows GUI is that there is no way to
> "over-ride" it, or even to know for sure what it is doing.

What You See Is ALL You Get, yes.

> Even if you use a GUI configuration tool with Linux you can examine the
> flat text configuration file yourself and make changes.

YaST is quite good at that.

> With Linux you have a choice, with Windows you do not, unless you want
> to count regedit, one of the worst nightmares on the planet.

Though, oddly, the concept of a "registry" isn't inherently bad.
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