Neal McBurnett wrote: > This discussion is devolving into apples vs oranges, so here is a shot > at helping us focus again. > No it is not.
> Note the subject line talks about the "Desktop", not the command-line > stuff where POSIX got its start. > Let's try again. Instead of scp, how about downloading a file from a website that says the file is X MB but after it has been downloaded, Nautilus reports Y MB. No dismantling of the age old faulty convention of 1024 multiples across the board, no changing. Unless you want a situation where someone is teaching with Ubuntu that kilo/mega/giga are 1024 multiples only to find that Nautilus don't quite agree but ls does. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
