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Red Hat Nullifies Differences Between Bash, Csh

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the funny-funny-haha dept.

Andreas(R) writes "Red Hat Software has revealed that future versions of the distribution will hide the differences between command-line user interfaces, creating a 'more unified shell prompt experience'. 'I don't mind if they rebrand and unify the GNOME and KDE interfaces,' said one Linux longhair. 'Frankly, I rarely use GUIs. But when they start messing with my CLI, then it's personal. I'm not going to sit here and let Red Hat infect my beloved tcsh with those annoying quirks from bash." Ah, nothing like satire that only a small group will truly grok. *grin*

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  1. FAKE NEWS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Read the link. This is FAKE news designed to humor us. Can't believe Slashdot would even post this...

    1. Re:FAKE NEWS by tunah · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Um... it's under the "funny" icon, the site is called "Humorix" and the description includes the word "satire"... what was your point again?

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  2. Re:Question by analog_line · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because most of the people who read this site need to LIGHTEN UP FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!!!!

  3. Re:Question by jonnythan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because Hemos liked the link and wanted it there.

    There's no mission statement for this site other than something like "the editors will post whatever stories or articles they like."

    What did YOU think slashdot was?

    Read the FAQ.

  4. Slashdot Nullifies Differences Between News, Hoax by jukal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As stated in some other thread as well, read the first 2 lines of the atleast : "Fake News written by James Baughn". And still, if you wish to speculate on the matter. Speculate on whether you are still capable of choosing your favorite /bin/l33t if you are capable of speculating on this speculative hoax?

  5. Holy mother of god! by Rob+Riggs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've never seen such a collection of knee-jerk humorless reactionaries in my life!!! I think the responses to this article are funnier than the article itself.

    Warning: serious reactions to this article will go on your permanent record!!!

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  6. What's funnier? by MalleusEBHC · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The article itself, or the fact that it seems like the majority of posters have failed to:

    A) RTFA
    B) Notice that this is "from the funny-funny-haha dept."
    C) Read the editors comment Hemos left in the little blurb once again clueing them into the fact that the article is a joke just like the ignorant fools who have started to bitch already.

  7. True Comedy... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Dude, you are right, it's a fake story! It's Satire! THEY ARE NOT REALLY DOING THIS SO CALM DOWN! Dind't the foot as the Icon give you Clue #2? :x:q or was that ^q? Damn Vimacs!"

    I think the real comedy here isn't the satirical write-up, but the responses to it.

  8. Re:huh by analog_line · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, it's one gigantic game of "Spot the Looney".

    I'm not sure what're funnier, the article, or the people who either didn't read the article, or who didn't get that it was satire.

  9. Re:Vi versus Emacs... by Senjutsu · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not really. Vi is a word in several languages, which hugely inflates the results.

  10. In other news... by Chacham · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Red Hat is also planning on nullifying the difference between:

    • /bin/true and /bin/false, to keep people from having login-shells.. consistently.
    • Windows and Linux, what better way to get into the desktop market.
    • American English and British English, so we can more easily speak a foreign language.
    • Amazon and Barnes & Noble, so everyone is just one-click away
    • Free software and Open Software, because noone knows the difference anyway.

    In the end Red Hat shall rule supreme, replacing Microsoft as the One true OS.

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  11. Oh Gawd, More Holy Wars... by kaladorn · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... so of course I have to intrude... :)

    Maybe the reason everyone is looking up vi on google is because it is so *intuitive* and *easy-to-learn*?

    Then again, I personally think emacs is a tool of the devil.... ;)

    http://www.textpad.com - all the editor you'll ever need

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    1. Re:Oh Gawd, More Holy Wars... by PokeBlor · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Pico is the way to go!