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  • Somewhat OT, but some commands can be annoyingly inconsistent and/or confusing as well. Examples:

    cp requires the -r flag to copy directories recursively, while mv does not need any additional flags.

    find searches for files in real-time based on various criteria, while locate uses a pre-built database to find files quickly. I know they have separate use cases, but for beginners…

    The zip syntax is straightforward for both archiving and compressing. For example, zip archive.zip file1 file2. The tarsyntax on the other hand is confusing, especially when adding compression. I mean, look at this bad boy: tar -czvf archive.tar.gz file1 file2.

    Wonder if I should post this under !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world. 😄
















  • Thanks for the suggestion. I looked at it. It is basically a simplified Windows 7 menu. Decent, but it doesn’t go far enough for me.

    Gnome itself is actually not bad. It has a full screen menu and arrangeable application icons and folders, but I cannot group them the way I want, let alone resize them. I wish there was something for Gnome, but I don’t see it.

    Perhaps I am asking for an edge case. Even Microsoft has dumbed down its Start menu in 11 to essentially a mobile launcher. Too few people seem to want that.