From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Jul 24 6:27:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (mail.palmerharvey.co.uk [62.172.109.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 224BD14F75 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 1999 06:27:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk) Received: from ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk (unverified) by mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id ; Sat, 24 Jul 1999 14:25:34 +0100 Received: from voodoo.pandhm.co.uk (VOODOO [10.100.35.12]) by ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2448.0) id PJ2VDVAB; Sat, 24 Jul 1999 14:25:34 +0100 Received: from dom by voodoo.pandhm.co.uk with local (Exim 2.10 #1) id 1181no-000ElK-00; Sat, 24 Jul 1999 14:25:24 +0100 Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 14:25:24 +0100 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Radu-Cristian FOTESCU , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?! Message-Id: <19990724142523.B56710@palmerharvey.co.uk> References: <73448.932787007@zippy.cdrom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <73448.932787007@zippy.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 08:30:07PM -0700 From: Dominic Mitchell Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 08:30:07PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > 1. Why Linux has bash as default and FreeBSD csh? They want "command > > history" with ARROWS, not with "!". > > Because FreeBSD makes it so easy to add your own shell of choice from > /usr/ports/shells. Not everyone likes bash, you know, and for > everyone saying "bash should be the default!" there's someone else > going "NO! Tcsh as the default or death!" or "zsh is the One True > Shell you heathens! Bash sucks!" Dammit, Jordan, why doesn't FreeBSD arrive with 6th Edition shell preinstalled. All that Bourne stuff is complete and utter bloatware! ;-) (Yes, I know csh is derived from the 6th Edition shell) -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator In Mountain View did Larry Wall Sedately launch a quiet plea: That DOS, the ancient system, shall On boxes pleasureless to all Run Perl though lack they C. -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message