Re: [PATCH] intro.1: Improve wording in initial introduction

[Jeremy Baxter <jeremy@baxters.nz>]

Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> writes:
>> -Linux is a flavor of UNIX, and as a first approximation
>> -all user commands under UNIX work precisely the same under
>> -Linux (and FreeBSD and lots of other UNIX-like systems).
>> +Linux is a flavor of UNIX, and user commands under UNIX
>> +work similarly under Linux (and lots of other UNIX-like systems too,
>> +like FreeBSD).
>
> I like the changes in this paragraph, except for the removal of "as a
> first approximation".  Not a big deal, though.

I don't hear "as a first approximation" spoken often and it just brings
more cognitive overhead to the content in my opinion.

>> -It is not built-in, but is just a program
>> -and you can change your shell.
>> -Everybody has their own favorite one.
>> +It is not built-in,
>> +but is just another program.
>
> I would maybe use a ';'?
>
> 	It is not built-in;
> 	it is just another program.

That's better, I'll use that in v2.

> I think I'll apply this patch.  Let me meditate it to-night.  I CCed
> Doug, in case he has any comments (it would be great to hear his
> feedback).
>
> Have a lovely night!
> Alex

Sweet, thanks for the review.