13 Dec
2011
13 Dec
'11
5:51 p.m.
On 13/12/11 7:48 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
Most Linux distros I've seen have very good man page sets. And even
better: Texinfo!
(Yes, I proudly fly the Team Texinfo flag...)
Just out of interest, what exactly comprises a "real single user mode"?
I'm guessing that BSD (say, SunOS 4) is some kind of benchmark here?
--T
On 13 December 2011 17:18, Jochen Kunz<jkunz at
unixag-kl.fh-kl.de> wrote:
Debian has bloody dash. Can't imagine the breakage that decision has
caused. Certainly cost at least one of my projects a lot of hassle.
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:12:53 +0100
Alexander Schreiber<als at thangorodrim.de> wrote:
Sure,
you can replace GNOME / KDE with twm...
But that is not what I am talking about. It's the way Linux even feels
from the command line. All too often shell scripts start with #!/bin/sh
where #!/bin/bash would fit better...
But the default shell /is/ bash in almost every distro I've seen...? Well.
Thats why I say: Linux evolved from a free Unix clone for Unix
lovers into a bad Windows surrogate for M$ haters. ;-)
Ah, I disagree. One
certainly _can_ run whatever crap Ubuntu decides to
call the default graphics interface today, but one doesn't _have_ to. Mysterious "configuration
wizards" layered on top of standard Unix configuration files,
Not seen that.
poor
man-pages
Also a problem on real commercial Unix sometimes. , aliases like rm='rm -i' in the default
.profile,
Very good safety net for newbies.
locked out
root-accounts, so that you can't log into the machine even on the text
console to fix a broken X11 or NIS,
Ditto, and a decent security measure too.
no real single user mode,
A Debian issue not an Ubuntu one, no? ^C not
working at boot time, ...
What would you have it do?
Do remember that Ubuntu is "Linux for human beings" - for newbies and
Windows users, *not* for Linux experts. There are *lots* of distros
for them.