>the average computing device is turning into an appliance (is it a bad thing?) Yes, for those of us who mostly want the appliance, but sometimes want to tweak

>the average computing device is turning into an appliance (is it a bad thing?) Yes, for those of us who mostly want the appliance, but sometimes want to tweak it. I don't want to have to build a system from the ground up to get my desired experience if it's 98% the same as the appliance would have been out of the box; I'd much rather start from the appliance and just change the 2%.