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On Mon, 16 Mar 2015, Stefan Ram wrote:

> Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:
>> What is the Linux philosophy
>
>  I'd say, the UNIX philosophy is to create small building
>  blocks that do one thing well and then provide tools to
>  combine them for specific applications and tools to save
>  such combinations for later reuse. (I don't know Linux well,
>  so I replaced it by »UNIX« in the previous sentence.)
>  However, that philosophy is not limited to UNIX, it also
>  is the philosophy of computer programming, so the UNIX
>  philosphy might be to provide a shell for programmer users,
>  for people who are willing and able to read man pages.
>
>  However, today, one must also see the difference between
>  the operating system and a shell. Tools, such as »sort«
>  used to be part of »the UNIX UI«, but Linux today also
>  supports GUIs that do not allow usage of such tools anymore
>  (except by opening a text shell). So, what is the
>  philosophy of the Linux kernel, that what actually is
>  Linux beyond any of the changing different UIs and
>  different distributions? I don't know! Maybe it was
>  »try to imitate UNIX« once, but I don't know if that
>  is still valid today.
>
>
Andyet, some of the GUI "programs" are mostly interface to command
line programs.

The GUI is just another type of shell.  YOu don't have to run it,
you can turn it off and still have the rest.  That contrasts with MS 
WIndows where now it's all an integrated package.

   Michael

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