Re: Not for me.
On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:54:50 -0600
Yaro Kasear <yaro@marupa.net> wrote:
>
> You can still run a very successful desktop system on Linux without
> installing Xorg server at any point. The only command line that
> hasn't modernized even a little bit is DOS.
>
I hate to be the one to break this to you, but DOS isn't around any
more.
I have a 2.5cm thick paperback on my bookshelf, 'Windows Command-Line',
dated 2004 and based on XP/Server 2003. I've no idea how thick the
current edition is.
Mark is wrong, Windows is also a command-line OS. Originally it was
indeed based on DOS 5, but hasn't been for more than 15 years. The
Windows GUI is no more the OS than is X, and anyone who crashes the
desktop and sees it recover without the daemons turning a hair will
know this. It's part of the Windows marketing image that 'what you see
is what it is', but there's no reason to assume that's the truth.
Mind you, Windows 8 still contains Edlin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edlin
--
Joe
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