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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*

3 of 449 comments (clear)

  1. 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!!!

    --
    the growth in cynicism and rebellion has not been without cause
  2. 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.

  3. 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.