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On 27/07/13 22:20, Mark Evans wrote: > On 27/07/13 20:41, Simon Waters wrote: > > > Ubuntu has rc.local as a disabled sysvinit script, so needs an > > "update-rc.d enable rc.local" (from memory, use tab autocomplete > > to get the right names). Then again Ubuntu might have a better > > approach in upstart, but as far as I can see Ubuntu spent a lot of > > effort deviating from the traditional way, introduced a shed load > > of messy bugs, devalued my decades of learning, and introduced a > > load of under-commented start-up scripts. You can tell I'm not an > > upstart fan can't you. > > I found Ubuntu's suddenly breaking NFS mounts in /etc/fstab to be a > serious annoyance. Why alter the way things have worked for decades? > (This was in the "server version" too.) > I think the way ubuntu is heading seems to be a huge shift in direction compared to others, so you have ubuntu using mir and the rest of the community pretty much heading towards wayland, I know debian is heading or the Pi is but from a server viewpoint it probably won't make that much different unless you're running gui on a server. Paul -- -- http://www.zleap.net http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 I am committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups and expect any school or establishment I am involved with to share this commitment. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq