> > Apple products are knowingly made > > for the technically inept, where things should go easy. > > I strongly detest that summary. Of course, if you are technically-ignorant of how OS > X actually works, you'll never find /bin/bash after sitting down in front of it. > > This entire thread is a gigantic pile of failure.
Agreed, but...
Bash in daily use in 2010, with no graphical alternative for most apps. Enough said. If Apple can 'hide' the Unix commands and text shell behind its own graphical interface, why can't the GNU/Linux guys do the same? Even mobile phones have gone from a 7 segment calculator display in the 80s to a full-on computer screen. Linux would only be viable in the mainstream world if Microsoft had kept updating Windows 3.x and DOS with no thought of the future. Windows 3.0 turned 20 six months ago. Lose the legacy crap and Linux will be revitalised; we aren't using green screen 8086 terminals any more.