Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Microsoft Success Built On Sabotage And Bribery Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 12:00:43 +0200 Lines: 29 Message-ID: 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; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net CO4MCWBehwdyBqUPkbyiYAgUlr5JTlc2cli7mvBjseyuDGm2Nr Cancel-Lock: sha1:kckeltGPbatIESNO8YNut/QpAkY= sha256:KOZ7Enyml+bGlFHMHNjqFap5ozcvqwRoTGFq3kn4D+E= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:717117 comp.os.linux.misc:88578 On 2026-07-01 06:54, rbowman wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jul 2026 01:48:33 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > >> On Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:03:42 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> I found a collection of Unix-style utilities (ls, grep, cut, uniq, >>> etc.) years ago. The .EXEs' date stamps range from 1999 to 2003. >>> They're enough for me to sort of pretend I'm using real tools, rather >>> than CMD.EXE's brain-damaged not-quite-equivalents. >> >> Thinking about it, instead of trying to graft Linux-style functionality >> onto the Windows command line, why don’t they just have a desktop menu >> option that says “Open Linux Terminal”. 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. > > 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? > Considering the groups to which you are posting, finding people that do not use or even hate Windows should not be a surprise to you. >:-) -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;