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The idea of /usr/sbin has failed in practice (www.osnews.com)
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[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

....and the rest of it?

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

[–] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 5 points 3 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?