>That might not be an option. Some financial systems still use older style null terminals in places. But how many of those setups require a custom TERM and are

>That might not be an option. Some financial systems still use older style null terminals in places. But how many of those setups require a custom TERM and are unable to install a different package for reset. >Given you're strongly against having to install a version of `reset` that doesn't have the delay, you're hardly in a position to demand other people to install a version that does. The amount of people who need that delay is miniscule compared to the people who don't. Normal users don't need the delay, only exotic setups, which is why the default does not make sense. >That's not really practical on most systems because `reset` is just a symlink to `tset` Then stop doing that. >That's about as unhelpful a suggestion as it comes. Not really. It has practical benefits and avoids down time of having to get it repaired or replaced. >Plus waiting a couple of seconds for a command line terminal to clear when using one specific command has absolutely naff all to do with "the year of desktop Linux". His comment was about your attitude of tailoring the system to a niche group instead of tailoring it to the billions of potential desktop users out there.