Future and impact of ongoing projects in Linux world

[JMZ]

Is there really a huge learning curve for .bashrc and xinit? .bashrc is 
mostly a way to make an alias list.

What I fear about snappy and other modularized systems is unnecessary 
complexity. I fear that simple commands such as tar -t are going to be 
replaced with a multiplicity of commands which may actually be more 
confusing in the terminal.  This complexity will take from terminal 
users and give to gui users.

I use linux because I _really don't_ want a Mac.  I'm a bit frightened 
by Canonical's desire to force the terminal into obsolescence.  Then 
again, if we linux users want desktop linux, it will have to be more gui 
friendly.

Jordan

On 10/04/2016 10:05 PM, Xen wrote:
> Xen schreef op 05-10-2016 3:32:
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> - there is no user init system, unless you run stuff through e.g. 
> .bashrc or some xinit script or whatever. That is extremely arcane and 
> impossible for a regular user to do.
>
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