[rs186]

Just imagine configuring nginx or apache with UI.

[pbmonster]

Come on, we're talking about system settings on future ChromeBooks. Of course I don't want a GUI for writing nginx config files.

Android is very good at exposing things like

* "which service may know the device location?"

* "which app accessed the microphone 2 minutes ago?"

* "which apps burn the most battery?"

All of those make sense on ChormeBooks, and all of those are difficult with Linux.

[rs186]

The point is that many of Linux's system settings are almost as complex as that. You want some examples?

[snarfy]

The good old days of

    make menuconfig