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Re: [internetworkers] command lines

From: zman <zman AT gibbon.kungfumonkey.com>
To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] command lines
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 15:05:29 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Shea Tisdale wrote:
> I think (well, actually I know) that for a number of years the Macintosh OS
> lacked a command line. So it did go away on at least one platform for a
> while. ;-)

It's back to stay...

> As far as the current state of affairs for mainstream OSs, Unix (and Linux)
> are now the only OS's that can run entirely without a GUI. All the other
> OSs (Windows, Mac, etc) now use the GUI and tie so much into the GUI that it
> is impossible to run without it for anything but the most basic functions.

Actually OSX will run without the GUI, which essentially what Darwin is.
It works well for servers...

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Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux , (continued)
- Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, Tom Boucher, 04/06/2004
- RE: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, Bill Geschwind, 04/06/2004
  - Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, Paul Smith, 04/06/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, Ilan Volow, 04/06/2004
  - Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, zman, 04/06/2004
    - Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, Tanner Lovelace, 04/06/2004
      - Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, Sil Greene, 04/06/2004
        
        Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, zman, 04/06/2004
        
        Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, Tanner Lovelace, 04/06/2004
        
        [internetworkers] command lines, Shea Tisdale, 04/06/2004
        Re: [internetworkers] command lines, zman, 04/06/2004
        RE: [internetworkers] command lines, Tony Spencer, 04/06/2004
        RE: [internetworkers] command lines, zman, 04/06/2004
        Re: [internetworkers] command lines, Ian Meyer, 04/06/2004
        
        RE: [internetworkers] command lines, Shea Tisdale, 04/06/2004
        RE: [internetworkers] command lines, zman, 04/06/2004
        
        RE: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, Bill Geschwind, 04/06/2004
        
        Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, David Minton, 04/06/2004
        
        Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, Ilan Volow, 04/06/2004
        Re: [internetworkers] WalMart Sun Linux, Steven Champeon, 04/07/2004
        [internetworkers] Ode to OS X (was: WalMart Sun Linux), Jim Allman, 04/07/2004