discuss: re gnu linux tools summary -- can anyone think of a better name?
Subject:
Re: re gnu linux tools summary -- can anyone think of a better name?
From:
David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date:
10 Jul 2003 01:00:51 -0000
Message-Id: <20030709221925.GA848@lafn.org>
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 05:06:09PM +1000, Guru - wrote:
> Hi everyone.
> This message is in regard to my document, the GNU/Linux Tools Summary HOWTO.
> Currently the name is a little long (although I consider it very
> descriptive) so I would like to ask whether anyone has sugestions with
> shorter names.
>
> Here is the abstract from the document:
> "This document is an attempt to provide a comprehensive summary of useful
> command line tools available to a GNU/Linux based operating system. This
> document is not a comprehensive list of every existent tool available to a
> GNU/Linux based system, nor does it have in-depth explanations of how
> things work. It is a summary which can be used to learn about and how to
> use many of the tools available to a GNU/Linux based operating system."
>
> The document is being hosted by Chris Karakas (who converted it to SGML and
> worked on the CSS file to make the HTML look cool), it's online here:
> http://www.karakas-online.de/gnu-linux-tools-summary/t1.html
>
> If you can suggest a shorter but still descriptive name please send me a
> message.
> Note that the name needs to be descriptive so something like "Linux
> Commands" is not acceptable to me....
Tools includes interactive programs which are not "command line". So
I think "Commands" is the best title. "Command-Line-Tools" is long, but
better than "Tools Summary".
David Lawyer
