Hey, if I wanted to turn a blind eye to whats going on behind the scenes I'd use MS-Windows. In fact even back in the day when all I had was DOS I still messed with the startup scripts (autoexec.bat/config.sys). I realise things are going to be a bit more complicated than that, but why should I use Linux if I don't want to learn. It seems to me to be a bit like wanting to live in Germany, but not wanting to learn to speak German. If I wanted just an OS, I'd use Windows in terms of easy setup and no-brain usage.....I want something more..and I've finally seen a bit into linux...and it truely is incredible ..I've only been using Linux/Knoppix about 3 months now.....and I'm beginning to learn how to use it....but I want more , much more......I want the "I know every directory/files usage" knowledge.....and I know I can't get it without "breaking" it (I have 2 partitions-1 for knoppix and 1 for my data.....I have a quick easy system (I have the data of every program that I use -X11-config, sunbird-icalendar, thunderbird-email, firefox-bookmarks, gaim-buddy list, etc...all symbolically linked to this other partition) re-install is about a half hour and I've screwed the sytem up at least a dozen times in the past three weeks.....when I understand more I'll go for the "Perfect" setup.....but for now there's still a lot on my plate.
BTW - thanks Mr. Ed I'll be messing with my inittab as soon as I get a chance
If you think about the analogy that is sometimes used "Windows is a car with the hood welded shut..." doesn't that seem to suggest that they want you to open up the hood and take a look??

Cheers
Eugene - greasy boy from being under the hood