Posted by:
Brother Of Jerry
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Date: January 01, 2024 04:42PM
https://xkcd.com/456/Friends don’t let friends do Linux. If cars were designed the way Linux/UNIX is, each head and tail light could be turned on individually, and there would be a proc to turn on all four together. Infinite configurability means there are an infinite number of ways to screw up your system unless you are very very careful.
Macs went 15 years with no command line, and Unix and pc people were mystified about how it was possible to write software without a command line. Macs eventually incorporated Unix with OS X, but were careful to keep unix in the catacombs. I suppose characterizing Macs as appliances is fair enough, but there are a lot of places where an appliance is appropriate. You want stuff that “just works”. That’s how Apple got to be the highest market cap corporation on the planet.
I don’t even pay any attention to the software development tools on Linux anymore. I do fiddle with Visual Studio, a windows tool, and I find it pretty respectable - software without command lines or any grep. ;)