GConf - only for preferences... why?

["Tyson Lloyd Thwaites" <tysonlt webmedia com au>]

Hi,

The GConf blurb says it is only for storing user configuration data, and
"...NOT for configuring something like apache."

I fail to see why, or indeed if there is any difference! Surely keybindings
are the same diff as virtual hosts?

The only reason I can see is that GConf is not guaranteed to be available,
whereas you can always write to a text file. Any comments?

Tyson Lloyd Thwaites
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