arclightJun 10, 2023
Linux distro experiment time! I'm currently using Linux Mint and am fairly happy with it. Regardless, I got a new SSD and want to put something different on my aging ThinkPad. Should it be:
Vanilla Debian
43.5%
Arch Linux
28.2%
Something else
28.2%
Poll ended at .
Show threadpackyJun 11, 2023
@arclight not weighing in because I'm a #FreeBSD user...
Show threadarclightJun 11, 2023
@packy C-shell gives me hives, but I did consider one of the BSDs because this is meant as an experiment, so no, you're totally not out of line weighing in :)
Show threadMattJun 11, 2023
@arclight @packy you can install bash, or ksh, or zsh, or whatever on BSD...
Show threadpackyJun 11, 2023
@greppy @arclight
The default in #FreeBSD is Bash. I haven't used csh in DECADES.
Show threadThomas Steen RasmussenJun 11, 2023
@packy @arclight @greppy the default shell in #FreeBSD is /bin/csh for root and /bin/sh for other users - bash is not in the base system.
Show threadAnubhavJun 11, 2023
@tykling "/bin/sh" became the default shell even for "root" in #FreeBSD 14 time line (will be widely available whenever 14-RELEASE is released); notice: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current/2021-September/000648.html commit: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=d410b585b6f00a26c2de7724d6576a3ea7d548b7
@packy @arclight @greppy
[HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root

Show threadRoss M.Jun 11, 2023

@anubhav @tykling @packy @arclight @greppy

This change makes sense IMO. csh is similar yet different enough from most shells to be kinda annoying. Although I would have preferred ksh93 personally

Show threadarclight
@rossm @anubhav @tykling @packy @greppy chsh is always an option (I tend to use zsh); my concern was on the admin side due to a several paragraph explanation of csh's peculiarities in UNIX Power Tools way back in the day.
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