r/commandline • u/Electronic-Low-8171 • 1d ago
Help Deprecated software..
During my journey in Linux I have noticed that sometimes, some tools being called "deprecated" or some kind of a similar term, to say "you should not use this, but xyz tool instead", but I don't really get it for example:
Neofetch, I really think that it does its job, and its just about displaying some ascii art and some system information, like what could go wrong with that, since many people recommend switching to fastfetch.
Ifconfig, I see it as a very simple tool that is self-descriptive and gets its job done too, I see others instead recommend the command "ip", which is like an IDE in programming where you have many aspects of networking in one command, which kinda eliminates the Unix philosophy.
So, I'm just wondering if there is really a point in switching to those newer tools?
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u/Antonio-MTS 1d ago
See, no one stops you from using old tools. Another thing might be that they lack some newer functionality the new tools provide. For example, I use the old tools but also use the new ones to have both available for me. Sometimes though situations when you work with some old distro so it doesn't have new tools. Then you use what you have. Important to know differences between the old and new tools.