Dvorak: Linux too much like Windows

inode_buddha was among a handful of folks who submitted linkage to Dvorak's latest column where he talks about Linux being to much like Windows. It's not really a slam, just a challange to be more innovative and look beyond feature creep and UI concepts that are old and tired. Hard to disagree with most of it.

Comments

Re:For people switching...

[garcia]

he notes this. His point is that we are trying to move people away from Windows by making Linux more like Windows.

Re:Try to understand before you attack

[WetCat]

I completely agree with that.
BTW, why all OSes use "FILES" concept? Files are a crap! It's a obsolete thing from the times when
20 MB hard drive cost $800. Why not to have an "object" as a main data holding unit on disk? Why not have good search capabilities a la database? Why not have fine-grained security control with (finally) least needed visibility principle implemented?!
People should think about creating object-oriented layer disk system as a base of a modern OS.

Re:The same old command line?

[shnarez]

I can't think of anything I can do with a Bourne shell (admittedly a limited example) that I can't do with M$.

Which crack monkeys modded this up to +4?

cmd.exe doesn't hold a candle to a Unix shell: you cannot tab-complete (without an undocumented registry hack), there's no job control (fg/bg), aliases, stdout/stderr differentiation and redirection, start-up config file (~/.bashrc), and no history without doskey (unless that's been fixed recently), just to name a few. Get real.

I wonder how much you've used the M$ CLI.

I wonder how much you've used bash. So far you only seem to bash it (pun intended).

Re:at least they are trying.

[Bowie J. Poag]

Bottom-feeders take jobs with the clueless. In the past, if i've taken a job only to find my co-workers are bozos, I start looking for a new job. No paycheck is worth dumbing down.

I'll be at the Linux Desktop Summit in San Diego in February. I'll be more than happy to discuss my ideas with you face to face. Infact, if all goes well, you'll be one face among a few hundred.

Here's a hint: Believe half of what you see and none of what you read. Do you _really_ think I could be this abrasive, and still function in real life? Come on.

Jackass.