On 02/04/2021 09.19, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The one config where automation has been stunning is X. No more crafting modelines with xvidtune to transfer to xorg.conf -- it all works by automated defaults (most of the time)
So instead of learning how to admin Linux, much effort is now spent trying to keep track of what each of the new great automated tools does and does not do for you.
There is some truth to that, although I cannot put a finger on much except systemd. What an improvement over sysvinit.
Network systems: wicked, NM,...
Yes and no. Haven't they always been around, more or less, in some variation? when did you last have to configure eth0 by hand, using 'ip' commands ?
Never. Never ever since my first SuSE in 1998 :-D
What I was trying to say was - the automation and the scripting deals with the mundane stuff, leaving us to do what we really need. I don't think it takes anything away, or prevents anyone from learning how to admin Linux.
Exactly. I just pointed to some other automation systems different than systemd. And in the case of wicked, I use YaST on top of it.
Anyway, it is somewhat off-topic.
-- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)