• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Unix was meant to be much friendlier than the mainframe systems that wer prevalent at the time and which wer horrible to use without a lot of training (or even with it). By contrast, Unix commands were simple, self documenting. Anyone could use it.

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      1 year ago

      I’m aware but it’s not unfriendly today

      People are just used to DOS

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        1 year ago

        Well, today it’s arguably more advanced, interface wise, than the other systems since they keep copying stuff from the X11 front ends.

        All the current GUIs are basically the same Once you’ve seen a couple WIMP interfaces, you’ve seen them all.