> > > 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.
Huh? What have you tried? Embedded distros with BusyBox only? What was the last installation you tried? Maybe you should get away from Ubuntu and it's quirks, then you would realize that there are way fewer issues with Linux on the desktop than you think. Btw, - "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?" what sense makes this? And why should we do it? If you like shiny expensive toys with high WAF and simplicity, buy Apple. I like my xterminal+bash, thank you. (KDE >=4.1 & IceBox too).
This thread is failure, i agree. Almost everything i'm reading here convinces me even more that, besides the likes of RB and some other guys who had proven, most of you actually act like just a little bit beyond 'power users'.
So, back for testing the new IDS 3.80 driver...
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