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BASH 4.0 Released
An anonymous reader writes "The widely used Bourne-Again Shell (BASH) version 4.0 is out. The new major release fixes several remaining bugs in the 3.x releases, and introduces a bunch of new features. The most notable new features are associative arrays, improvements to the programmable completion functionality, case-modifying word expansions, co-processes, support for the `**' special glob pattern, and additions to the shell syntax and redirections. The shell has been changed to be more rigorous about parsing commands inside command substitutions, fixing one piece of POSIX non-compliance. Most of us will probably wait for the distros to test the new version and upgrade gradually, but you always have the option of grabbing the source and compiling it yourself. Enjoy."
Never log in as root! Sudo exists for a reason, kids.
A slashdotter who didn't build his own computer is like a Jedi who didn't build his own lightsaber.
Because the CLI ought to be a DRM-friendly environment!
Then again even Apple is busy removing DRM from iTMS, so perhaps the BSD folk are just wasting their time.
> I will give you the car, but not Word. Want it or not, they ARE operating a computer directly when using MS Word.
Just because they're using a keyboard (instead of a steering wheel) and looking a simple monitor (instead of a digital panel with nice LCD screens/GPS/etc)?
Think about the average secretary... most can't even plug the cable, but anyway manage to write letters.
When users stop calling their hard drive "memory" then they will be ready for the computer that's already in front of them. Baby steps, please.
"Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master."