On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Greg Thomas wrote:
> Adding aliases to the dist, IMO, would be very bad. People would use dir,
> or md, or whatever, without ever knowing the corresponding Linux commands.
> What would motivate people to learn the OS this way?
I have mixed feelings here. The first thing I do whenever I install a Red
Hat version of Linux is fix all the little "preferences" which I consider
completely idiotic. I change the default prompt so it looks like
Slackware; I can remember what system I'm logged in on but find it useful
to know what directory I'm in. I get rid of the aliases on mv, rm, and
cp, since all they do is slow things down. I add an alias to ls so it
displays color. In short I make a couple little tweaks. Who is to say
that adding a set of "DOS compatibility aliases" is so wrong? Yes, it
prevents the user from using the Unix commands and makes Linux seem like
DOS. But for those familiar with DOS it may make things easier. The best
thing would be aliasing it to something like
alias dir="echo 'dir is a DOS command, you should use ls instead'; sleep
2; ls"
Now the DOS users will still be able to get around, but they will quickly
become irritated with the 2 second pauses. :) Perhaps an initial
'tutorial' in place for the first time the system boots, which asks if the
user is familiar with Unix and, if not, would he like to see a brief
introduction to the commands (and possibly print out a quick reference
card).
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