From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:54:43 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > Jack Wallen’s list   
   >    
   > of commands you shouldn’t be using any more, and what to use instead, is   
   > a mixed bag.   
      
   I'm getting ready to nominate Wallen for asshole of the year award.   
   ifconfig works fine for me and I don't have to read the whole damn ip man   
   page to coax the info out of it.   
      
   It is present in Linux Mint 22.3 :) I was talking to the guy who is   
   running the library's Linux project. He himself has only been using Linux   
   for a few months and isn't comfortable on the command line. He asked if   
   there was something like 'ipconfig'.  I'm glad he didn't ask why it's   
   'ifconfig'. That's been screwing me up for years.   
      
   He was also happy to find Linux has a 'hosts' file just like Windows.   
      
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