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submitted 3 days ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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Still using these obsolete Linux commands? They might be popular from the olden days but perhaps it is time to look for alternatives.

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[-] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They can take ifconfig from my cold, dead hands. I will not learn ip

scp too. What even is an rsync? BS that's what!

[-] death_to_carrots@feddit.org 25 points 3 days ago

ifconfig actually uses a deprecated kernel interface and just can't do the things ip can.

[-] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

But I don't need to do those things with ip

[-] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

Not with that attitude it can't.

[-] vivendi@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

We welcome you in BSD world

[-] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

To be fair, the title is "Deprecated Linux Commands". ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2026

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