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It's changed, the UNIX world that is (Linux acolytes gasping). Back when I did Unix for a living, I had to deal with Sun OS, Solaris (Sparc, x86), HPUX, AIX, and I am almost certain I'm missing one, ha! Ultrix and Digital Unix. It all depended on what machine the customer wanted host our hardware.
Although all of these flavors had their differences, there was a general method to the madness.
This: The Red Book[^] saved my life. Then came Linux. I guess this is the follow on:
The not so red book[^]
I remember fond days of vi, *easily* configuring the network, NEVER having to worry about drivers other than my own, etc.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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For one of my classes in college...I don't remember if it was C or Unix...probably Unix.
I chose Coherent[^]. I have no idea why, but I did.
So when Linux came around, I wasn't all that wowed by someone who wrote their own version of Unix. 
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Rage wrote: I have to write a sudo command in front of all other commands just for rights elevation (Really ?) or continuously switch between root session and own session.
By that, do you mean you actually login with the root account, run your commands, then switch back to the original account?
Are you not familiar with 'su' as an alternative to sudo?
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su is bad practice, or so the internet told me. sudo -i instead.
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If it saves you from entering 'sudo' in front of 10 different commands in a row, then frankly I see nothing in running su, running the 10 commands, then exit.
Besides - logging in as root is just as bad IMO, if not worse, because once you've logged in, who wants to constantly switch back and forth between sessions...?
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Well - being a carpenter (i.e., DIY) is hard, too (for example).
All sorts of wood; all sorts of nails, hammers, saws, clamps, and then you got to have some experience if you wish to make anything other than sawdust and splinters.
Others hire out their work - and have to take what they get (Windows 10, for example) . . . and/or overseas contract work that tends to lean awkwardly and is never quite finished.
So tell us the missing key bit: is this your first adventure with Linux*?
If yes - a bit more reading ahead could have had you better prepared
If no - then you knew what you were getting into, so why the complaint?
All those people, places, and things that run on Linux do so not despite what you perceive as hardships but because it gives them what they want.
* Or, the first time when it actually counted for something?
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W∴ Balboos wrote: If yes - a bit more reading ahead could have had you better prepared
Well, this applies to everything...
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They all break so easily these days
Yes it's a shame to see people spending so much replacing phones,
but the real crime is for people like me that wait for somebody else to upgrade before their old one breaks.
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I just handed my old Note 4 down - to my 9yo granddaughter
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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So young and already a pacemaker. Sad.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Why should any manufacturer invest in producing longer-lasting phones when they know the vast majority of people will only keep it until their service contract is up for renewal?
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The 15 minute screen lock is driving me crazy. Take a call, finish, put in your password. Try to do a training session, locks partway through, put in password. Co-worker enters office, leaves, enter password. Seems I spend all day entering my password. Policy won't let me disable it! I bet the guy who came up with this, is the same guy who came up with the stupid password rules back in the 80's. Arghhh!!
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You do know how to fix this right? Or are you not an admin of your box.
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Ron Anders wrote: You do know how to fix this right? Or are you not an admin of your box.
Where the OP says policy, I bet he means Group Policy, so he will be locked out of making changes.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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You get 15 minutes?!?! I get 5 as deemed by Security. I'm entering my password to unlock about 150 times a day on about 20 machines.
What you're bitching about again?
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There is nothing like being a domain administrator (and I used my rights to cancel password renewal every 90 days  )...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Depending on how strick the admin are.....there is a mouse juggler program (or write one yourself) that will stop the screen saver / password from coming on 
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Hey, try this one: remote into a server, forget to wiggle your mouse from time-to-time to keep it open, screen times out and you lose your session and everything that you had running stops.
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Change your password to something that is easy to type fast.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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My answer to idiotic group policy settings was to write a small application that overwrote those settings. I then set up a scheduled task to run it every 15 minutes when I am logged in (GP is updated once every 30-90 minutes). Only rarely do those policies ever show up.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Group policy disables the UI on my machine, but I am local admin sooo....HKCU -> Control Panel -> Desktop -> ScreenSaveTimeOut
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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...are masochists.
(it's been a rough day with Android)
I just need to add that trying to find and run an actual Xamarin example project for Visual Studio that works out of the box seems nigh impossible.
What has happened to development? We used to share code, throw it at a compiler and it would compile. That's simply not the case these days. Nuget packages disappearing or being updated so they provide conflicts with other libraries; the npn nightmare of downloads hundreds of Mb of packages; The mind boggling Android SDK hunt and seek (and make sure you have plenty of disk space); the soul destroying walled garden around iOS development. Not to mention the explosion of here-today-gone-tomorrow frameworks.
Something's gotta give. This space is ripe for an upheaval.
cheers
Chris Maunder
modified 23-Oct-17 21:17pm.
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Chris Maunder wrote: Nuget packages disappearing or being updated so they provide conflicts with other libraries; the npn nightmare of downloads hundreds of Mb of packages
And NOW you want to bitch about open source and the fracturing of the tech stack. BRING BACK SILVERLIGHT. Now there was a tech stack I could deal with.
I know you are talking about android development but the same argument applies.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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And people wonder why I still haven't moved onto mobile development. I'm still waiting for things to settle and a clear winner to be identified. Frankly at this rate I'm beginning to doubt I'm ever going to do any serious mobile development before I retire (and I'm in my 40s).
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