Bernie wrote:
> 
> Longer names are good (if you can complete them with 
> TAB or use a GUI), 

Don't forget the various 'commander' utilities.

> However the file "file" says nothing of what kind of 
> file it is, "file.exe" for instance tell us that it's 
> an executable so Linux isn't completly logically built,

In Linux, the executability of files is displayed by 
using the -l parameter.  I always alias 'dir' to this
in my installations (eg. BasicLinux).
 
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