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I had many ‘bad starts’ with Linux.. I tested pretty much every year since about 2000.. Wasn’t satisfied until about 3-4 years ago. I still like DOS.. :p I hated Win then, still do. But, I had to move on.

Sadly, we lost DOS and were forced to use Windows. I don’t thing Windows itself was weened off of DOS until Win 7... all previous had the DOS shell..

Taking it further, Mac/Apple, are ALL based on Unix!! :D (they will never admit that ;)).. DOS is a mix of simple commands (you used to have to know what you were doing to be able to do anything with the PC ;) that were mixed with Unix.. Heck, I could FTP from DOS (with a dial-up) to a UNIX machine back then :p

Me too. Although, I experimented with Linux much later — 2005. Even then Linux was a pain in the rear. But it is A LOT better now.

DOS. Sounds like you are one of those “command line” persons. Then you'd love Linux. :)

I remember those DOS days — command.sys and autoexec.bat. Lol.

Apple? BSD right?

Oh, what fun I would have if I had more free time.

Taking it further, Mac/Apple, are ALL based on Unix!! :D (they will never admit that ;))..

Oh, really?

developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/porting/conceptual/portingunix/background/background.html