Re: Features ideas

On 04/03/2015 01:50 PM, Jean-Roch HUET wrote:
> Always evetybordu use Windows Explorer, they don't know that another explorer could exist.

Millions of people use Total Commander, for example.

> To hide .lnk files helps to improve ergonomy. That's not roght or wrong, that's just an habits taken after years...

I'm pretty sure that hiding file extensions was initiated by Microsoft.

File extensions were created by IBM, Burrows, Honeywell, etc. long
before UNIX even existed. Microsoft merely followed what IBM did. Then,
more Microsoft employees started arriving from universities and their
experiences had been with UNIX. So, over time, things started changing
(for the worse in my opinion), and they started hiding things from
users, just like UNIX hides things (mostly files that begin with '.').

> FHS = File Hierarchy System = The system of the folders that changes on GoboLinux.

Thank you. Now I know what you mean. I have never seen "FHS" used that
way. 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard' (i.e.
"FHS") means "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", not "File Hierarchy
System". When referring to an actual file system (rather than a file
system hierarchy standard), you should simply use "FS" == "file system".
Then, everyone is going to know what you mean. Using "FHS" is like
pointing at a photograph of the Arc de Triomphe and saying: "That's a
photograph of the Arc de Triomphe." Using "FS" is like pointing at the
actual Arc de Triomphe.

My opinion: The UNIX/Linux FS is stupid. '/usr' & '/var' & '/bin' are
because the original UNIX developers wanted to be able to jump around
the OS system files without having to type much. They didn't see that
they were creating a monster.

My opinion: The movement to hide things and to obscure the distinction
between memory, disk, and network partly results because of the
UNIX/Linux FS design (i.e., FHS).

I see 20-somethings in restaurants with their friends sharing media.
They have no idea what a file system is. They're too young. When they
want to show a cat video to their friends, they have to search for it
using "Find" as though their computer was the Internet. When they can't
find the cat video, they shrug and smile. Then they search for something
else. Do they even know where their computer ends and the Internet
begins? I think not.

I can find everything almost instantly because I center my computer
usage around subject-titled files and directories. I can always find
pictures of cats because I put them in 'cats', not in 'pictures'. I can
always find cat videos because I put them in 'cats', not in 'videos'. I
can always find articles about cats because I put them in 'cats', not in
'documents'.

If I try to show what I'm doing to the young folks who seem to spend all
their time searching, they look blankly at the FS and don't say
anything. I think they really don't know what they see.

The "cloud" is going to make us happier and more productive? I don't
think so.