I want computers to start shipping with comfy manuals again.
I want computers to start shipping with comfy manuals again
Leo Miller
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Isaiah Gutierrez
maybe when the economy isn't a total dumpsterfire
Anthony Brooks
if you actually had to use them irl you wouldn't say this. a pdf is much more convenient and less of a pain in the ass + it keeps hippies at bay.
Connor Watson
>it keeps hippies at bay.
What did he mean by this
Bentley Nelson
Nicholas Turner
whatis man
Angel Campbell
Unix killed the computer manuals.
Man pages are just for quick reference from a time when calling up the developer was viable because the circles were that small and 'the source is the documentation the computer uses' is completely braindead.
At least on the GNU system you sometimes get proper documentation in info pages.
It's just for quick reference and reminder. Info is where actual documentation lives.
Jose Cooper
it means that you won't cut trees for the manual's pages, you retard
Thomas King
Samsung still ships huge ass manuals for their industrial machinery
Jordan Ortiz
And they're delightfully full of pixel art
Cooper Nguyen
go read some man pages and documentation for solaris before you go touting gnu as anything but shit
Adam Wright
Another pic
Mason Cooper
Absolutely comfy.
Jordan Reyes
They also give you useful handbooks
Dominic Lee
And all the technical schemes
Dylan Campbell
Connor Evans
Go read some Symbolics Genera documentation before you go touting anything unix-related as anything but shit.
Evan Brown
>assy
Alexander Flores
>expecting people to read manuals in 2018
Come on OP
Camden Green
>2018
Hudson Morris
>2018
Juan Sullivan
>pdfs
yuck
Ian Clark
> i want books
> im an old faggot boomer
wtf are you taking about economic in the usa is the best it's been in decades
Robert Perry
both are great, but physical material is much better for general reference purposes and also is just a nice touch in general
this is the funniest post i’ve read today but probably not in the way you intended
Matthew Lewis
OP needs more cocks in his ass
Jonathan Diaz
Based. Unix is shit.
Matthew Reed
Are you the Multics nigger from cripplechan?
If so, please spread your knowledge here. You are needed.
Lucas Hernandez
I snagged an IBM BASIC 3.0 Reference manual when they were cleaning shit out of the ThinkPad office in Morrisville, and it's my favorite desk ornament. They junked a lot of stuff in that move that imo should have gone in an archive (or a storage unit of mine).
Lots of model M keyboards, reference manuals, and other IBM memorabilia was getting shitcanned like the poor greybeards that broke them in. I only managed to get a few IBM branded manuals, binders, toolboxes etc. because all of the actual hardware was carefully scrapped. First gen Xeons, OS/2 disks, etc.
Eli Powell
>2018
Hudson Harris
I actually bought a copy of FreeBSD 4.0 back in 2000. It came with a great manual that went through everything from the initial install to scripting and a load of other shit. I used it as a reference for years.
pic related: the boxed copy I bought.
Jack Lee
While I agree it's easier to Ctrl+F in a PDF, I also love the aesthetic of a real printed manual far more. It's nice being able to have a book on your shelf to reference or read for fun in times of no internet.
John Reyes
This is actually really nice. I wonder who is living the dream job of making industrial grade pixel art all day.
Owen Taylor
>2018
Zachary Hall
I'm jealous. I'd pay for a printed version of common Linux man pages, if they were nicely bound.
Sebastian Reed
>2018
Liam Anderson
You know you can print them, right?