The UNIX Megathread -- New poll

[WALK2222]

Is that the new programming language that apple came up with?

No, It's Objective-C

and you heard wrong.  Swift is actually fantastic to write in.  Saves a lot of time compared to Objective-C's old ways.  
Once XCode 6 is released as a stable build, I'll be writing in it full time instead of Objective-C

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[/Pacha]

this counts for something right?

[Axo-Tak]

this counts for something right?

Debian is based on Linux, so it counts.

[blueblur121]

Oh
Well I couldn't update it even if i wanted to- it's an ipad 1

Woah. That was back when people thought it was a huge phone. Lol.

this counts for something right?

It has bash in it.
It counts.

[/Pacha]

It has bash in it.
It counts.

its actually not bash it's zsh :0)

[blueblur121]

Is that configured like bash is?

Can you have aliases and stuff?

[/Pacha]

Is that configured like bash is?

Can you have aliases and stuff?

you mean like tab completion? of course. i just prefer to use zsh over bash because its a lot more colorful and configurable

[blueblur121]

Tab completion isn't the same as aliases. In bash you can do this:

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alias shutdown='shutdown now'
That makes it so that if I type "shutdown" it will actually run "shutdown now".
And you can make combinations of commands with && too.
Basically custom commands that run other commands.

[/Pacha]

why would you use && instead of just ; ?

Anyways yes I can do things like that

[blueblur121]

Anyone know how to change the font of the command line in Linux (arch)?

I use a size 10 font in urxvt, so its wierd to see a size 12 on startup (I don't use a graphical display manager) or when I'm not in a DE.

[Nal]

why cant linux have better support
loving come on

[blueblur121]

Ubuntu has amazing support if you're using that.

What distro are you using now?

[Swat 3]

Guys which is best version of Linux.

[pefu19]

Because Linux is too narrow of a topic.

more like
"because the last linux megathread died after 60 pages"

Guys which is best version of Linux.

you name it
depends on what you want

[blueblur121]

more like
"because the last linux megathread died after 60 pages"

Yeah. Ok.

Anyone know how to change the font of the command line in Linux (arch)?

I use a size 10 font in urxvt, so its wierd to see a size 12 on startup (I don't use a graphical display manager) or when I'm not in a DE.