Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Microsoft Success Built On Sabotage And Bribery Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 07:53:41 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 18 Message-ID: <20260701075341.00007a07@gmail.com> References: <18bde160c06384ae$14050$182442$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1120n7m$169pk$1@dont-email.me> <1121dr0$1eb6n$4@dont-email.me> <1121rlh$1i350$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:53:49 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="2036052"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/MaG9KkpdxTwYoZrv1vevAWJfZUJKx1b4="; posting-host="0493b1b2bdff1957425f2539c7b8392e" Cancel-Lock: sha1:KdcUio0ZKdj7UPioATDm5lu0yCQ= sha256:N75AM8YT3lGvz+3sm9tQ3r/Xy0rWFQnPCsZPiKkOJSk= sha1:efqDEuIPyv7HzPCGHiWFe/qMass= sha256:BgvnELc70cn5EsprNvtrrVMav5bOPKprsW/eeUaX+js= sha1:pdFu2iuU7u0xW/j57F4QrrA/Al4= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:717125 comp.os.linux.misc:88581 On 1 Jul 2026 04:54:00 GMT rbowman wrote: > > Thinking about it, instead of trying to graft Linux-style > > functionality onto the Windows command line, why don=E2=80=99t they just > > have a desktop menu option that says =E2=80=9COpen Linux Terminal=E2=80= =9D. This > > will directly open window offering a native Linux command line, > > where you can have full access to the Linux environment without > > having to go through any cumbersome kind of Windows-based > > intermediary at all. =20 >=20 > You mean the pulldown in Windows Terminal that says fedora and when > you select it you're in Fedora? Have you ever used Windows or do you > just bitch about it? I think we all know the answer to *that* question.