The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature

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http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/writ/the_elements_of_style_unix_as_literature.html

while reading the above link
this  particularly apt sentence
>the UNIX core subverts them
  motivated me to post hear 

You might argue that UNIX is as visually oriented as other OSs.
Modern UNIX offerings certainly have their fair share of GUI-based OS interfaces.
In practice though,
the UNIX core subverts them;
they end up serving UNIX's tradition of word culture,
not replacing it.

a sentiment that is (imho) reminiscent of certain minimal distro toolkit