An end to tweaking?

From: comp.os.spil (kseely_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/11/05 

Date: 11 Jul 2005 09:01:52 -0700

I'm tired of the reduced functionallity of Windows. It's getting worse
with tweaking, so OK, here's my OS want list, two things:

I used to write batch files under DOS. I even had Neil Rubenking's
Batch File Lab Notes, which had so much info it boggled my mind. The
original batch language was *very* sparse, but he got it to count four
digits with recursive algorithms and make the screen sprout legs and
tap dance with ansi.sys commands and debug scripts.

Fast forward to today and we have a guy named "tab" complaining about
"endless" tweaking. Shirley, there must be an end to tweaking
somewhere.

(1) Once you have written the shell script (I assume it's the
equivalent to batch processing, I hope it's better) you should just
start *using* the computer. The Matrix thread from a couple of weeks
ago suggested you can load drivers, thunks, and needed utitilies to run
an app, then unload them when it's finished so you can run another app.
All without rebooting.

(2) One thing I don't like about Linux is the Unix command names. I'm
guessing this is part of that learning curve I've heard so much about.
DOS command names were easier to memorize. Now, I can call a shell
script anything I want, just like the old DOS batch files, right? I'm
guessing this is what the rest of you are doing.

So what I want is to tweak when I change something, then just go. Is
that posible with Linux? With any distro? With any shell?
 
Karl

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