If I have to choose only one thing, then it is '|'.
Chaining output from one command into the input of another program, as one would chain the output of the vinyl player into the input of the casette recorder, and build upon the results of the previous process.
Ownership. I have been using #Apple products for a couple of months just to get knowledge, not impressed. Everything works but its also a rigid framework. Now back to #tuxedocomputers .
Control over what's mine and trust in the OS, because I can actually look at the source code.
In real practice, I don't bother, because I trust the distribution maintainers to be sane (Linux Mint), but I appreciate having the option. Besides, if they lose their sanity, I'm sure it will hit the headlines of Slashdot, which I read daily.
When such important, OS-level code is hidden, it can never truly be trusted.
My favorite thing about Linux is definitely that it is a tool, and not a product. I am not bound by the limitations of a manufacturer, but by my own intellect. I can add or subtract from Linux without penalty or permission. My digital sovereignty wouldn't be possible without it.
well, FREEDOM, but actually, as I age and get more restricted by Dupuytren's Contracture, the amount of text based config and text UI generally is liberating/enabling
Vim, protection of memory, resource allocation, HDD SSD superiority in FS management, no defrag on HDD, was there from Alpha days when Torvalds was on Usenet I could go on for days
Maybe not my absolute favorite feature, but it recently came to my attention, out of necessity, that you can change the size of (or even remove and add) your swap file on the fly, without rebooting. You can even have multiple active swap files - oh the possibilities.
you don't have a Tuesday every month where you can't use your computer for a couple hours while praying the updates didn't break your computer and they might force you to go through parts of the out of box experience again.
Ricardo Martín
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It does what I tell it to do.
When it breaks, I broke it.
When it works, I fixed it.
Tuchowski
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •If I have to choose only one thing, then it is '|'.
Chaining output from one command into the input of another program, as one would chain the output of the vinyl player into the input of the casette recorder, and build upon the results of the previous process.
I know that's POSIX, but that's what I love most.
Giovanni Ramírez
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And that reason alone is doing some heavy lifting there!
Sim
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •I have been using #Apple products for a couple of months just to get knowledge, not impressed.
Everything works but its also a rigid framework.
Now back to #tuxedocomputers .
Owen Tyme
in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •Control over what's mine and trust in the OS, because I can actually look at the source code.
In real practice, I don't bother, because I trust the distribution maintainers to be sane (Linux Mint), but I appreciate having the option. Besides, if they lose their sanity, I'm sure it will hit the headlines of Slashdot, which I read daily.
When such important, OS-level code is hidden, it can never truly be trusted.
DoomBananas
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •My favorite thing about Linux is definitely that it is a tool, and not a product. I am not bound by the limitations of a manufacturer, but by my own intellect. I can add or subtract from Linux without penalty or permission. My digital sovereignty wouldn't be possible without it.
So many favorite things!
scoonch
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •Vim, protection of memory, resource allocation, HDD SSD superiority in FS management, no defrag on HDD, was there from Alpha days when Torvalds was on Usenet
I could go on for days
🖋 #Vim #VimMasterRace #Amiga #Bram #BramMolenaar #bash #sh #zsh #100DaysOfCode #1000DaysOfCode #Linux #POSIX #Programming
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