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Originally Posted by Taomyn View Post
Ah, thinking like a true *nix-head. No, I believe that if Maemo/MeeGo stands any sort of chance of gaining a decent foothold for use in "consumer" devices then it needs to grow up and become more user friendly (as most *nix flavours still need to do). This kind of thinking doesn't help - asking people to "root" into their device and then type in obscure command-line instructions is a step backwards.
This has nothing to with Maemo/MeeGo. The system just plays safe by not removing anything that could be of value. If it should be deleted for whatever reason, the developer of the app is free to pop up an uninstall dialog where you can remove config files, data files, whatever. The 'obscure command-line instructions' are actually a feature, a way to do something the original developer forgot to do. Think about cleaning a Windows XP registry and you'll realize that *nix is actually BETTER at doing this than most 'user friendly' OSes.
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