And finally, the important point is that Linux is a kernel. Technically not a whole Operating System. Describing the "Linux philosophy" by describing applications that are not Linux is confusing.
Not to mention that we're completely of-topic here. "bulia byak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapot� : > > Do you have any document describing the "philosophy of > Linux"? I searched > > for "philosophy of Linux" but only could find > discussions about free vs. > > non-free and cathedral vs. bazaar. > > Hmm. Have you heard, for example, that Linux is supposed to be > functional without X? This means exactly that - everything must be > accessible from the command line, e.g. from a remote terminal over a > 300bps connection. > > Another approach for you to try: Linux is supposed to be an OS > suitable for professional use. Among other things, this means that > most (ideally, all) tasks should be straightforward to automate. > However, you cannot reliably automate point-and-click; you can only > do that via a character stream (i.e. a CLI). > > Why is this "philosophy"? Well, exactly because there is > (perhaps) no single authoritative document to postulate this. > However, most people would agree that the power of the command line > is one of the things that make Linux what it is. > > -- > __________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > _______________________________________________ > Mc mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc -- Mathieu Roy << Profile << http://savannah.gnu.org/users/yeupou << >> Homepage >> http://yeupou.coleumes.org >> << GPG Key << http://gpg.coleumes.org << _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
