> I take it you have never had to try and correct a system broken by seemingly innocent-looking aptitude or RPM package upgrades. :-) Keep in mind that on Win1

> I take it you have never had to try and correct a system broken by seemingly innocent-looking aptitude or RPM package upgrades. :-) Keep in mind that on Win10 you don't even have to click a button, and the updates aren't even avoidable. > I’m really not sure the registry is any more “dangerous”. For many everyday users, I would guess that the perceived complexity of the registry and of configuration files scattered throughout the system are really about the same. Both can appear cryptic and fragile. I dunno, once they are in the registry, it's like putting every config file on the whole system into their home/documents directory...