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Oh, that is still possible. All the distros have specific things they do like only they do them. Some are even outright alien if you come from a relatively standard compliant distro. But that's a...

Would that be something like editing info in /proc and /sys? Like for instance I can switch off swapping by setting swappiness to 0?

I'm no bash guru at all, but I think you can access files and...

While I'm not sure I understand the benefits of objects here, scripting a GUI is possible with bash as well. Not in-built, but .NET isn't exactly an in-built feature either. And then there's PERL.
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I took three days or so setting up my original Gentoo. :)

But don't let any Windows user hear that you are praising it for having a command line again! I don't know what's good in Power Shell...

Really? Total control? This is the first time I have heard (or read) anyone say that. I mean, the last time I felt in control was with Windows 3.11 where there still were only text files like...

My experience is exactly opposite. Install a modern Windows and lose compatibility with old hardware for good. Plug in a printer and you need a third party driver because Windows doesn't react...

When have you last used Linux? It is much easier to use these days than Windows. And I'm saying that after having set up four computers last week: a notebook with Win XP, and three hardware-wise...

Very interesting to see how many Linuxes are here. I am using Xubuntu 10.04 at home on my desktop, Ubuntu 9.04 on my notebook (no need to change a running system) and still have a legal install of XP...