The complexity of the `find` command is the least of Unix's problems. How about defending these?
1. Unnecessary and confusing directory structure. `/etc`? Why not `/config`? `/usr` instead of `/system`, `/var` instead of ... well who knows. The maximum directory name length is no longer 3 characters.
2. Programs are mushed together and scattered through the filesystem rather than stored in separate locations. This basically means applications are install-only. Yeah, package managers try to keep track of everything, but that is just hacking around the problem, and most developers don't want to spend hours creating 5 different distro packages.
3. Not strictly Unix, but the mess of glibc with respect to ABI compatibility, static linking, etc. is ridiculous. Musl fixes most of this fortunately.
4. Emphasis on text-based configuration files. This is often ok, but it does make it hard to integrate with GUI tools, hence the lack of them.
5. Emphasis on shell scripts. Fortunately this is starting to change, but doing everything with shell scripts is terribly bug-prone and fragile.
6. X11. 'nuff said about that. When is Wayland going to be ready again?
7. General bugginess. I know stuff works 90% of the time, but that 10% is infuriating. Windows is a lot more reliable than Linux at having things "just work" these days.
1. Unnecessary and confusing directory structure. `/etc`? Why not `/config`? `/usr` instead of `/system`, `/var` instead of ... well who knows. The maximum directory name length is no longer 3 characters.
2. Programs are mushed together and scattered through the filesystem rather than stored in separate locations. This basically means applications are install-only. Yeah, package managers try to keep track of everything, but that is just hacking around the problem, and most developers don't want to spend hours creating 5 different distro packages.
3. Not strictly Unix, but the mess of glibc with respect to ABI compatibility, static linking, etc. is ridiculous. Musl fixes most of this fortunately.
4. Emphasis on text-based configuration files. This is often ok, but it does make it hard to integrate with GUI tools, hence the lack of them.
5. Emphasis on shell scripts. Fortunately this is starting to change, but doing everything with shell scripts is terribly bug-prone and fragile.
6. X11. 'nuff said about that. When is Wayland going to be ready again?
7. General bugginess. I know stuff works 90% of the time, but that 10% is infuriating. Windows is a lot more reliable than Linux at having things "just work" these days.