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These are fun and I do them often, but you can just use google for most of this.
by seiferteric 8y ago
These are fun and I do them often, but you can just use google for most of this.
- blattimwind 8y agoGNU units
- lucb1e 8y agoOr Duckduckgo. For some reason GNU units never understands what I type, which is of course my own incompetence, but DDG does a fine job.
- etatoby 8y agoPrograms reflect the character of those who wrote them. That's why using GNU stuff is such a pain (for me, at least.) They are the most fastidious, unforgiving, unhelping pieces of software to ever be written.
- 6031769 8y agoIndeed. The most singularly maddening thing to read in a man page is undoubtedly "The full documentation for foo is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and foo programs are properly installed at your site, the command info foo should give you access to the complete manual."
- etatoby 8y agoYes, that is some next level BS. Why should I learn to use an arcane thing like info just to read a manual page, when 99% of the software on the same computer uses man? It's not just laziness. GNU software is usually good, but it has a strong hint of forcing your way onto other people, that I really dislike.