![]() A large number of shell instances are started as part of the Ubuntu boot process. However, it is rather large and slow to start up and operate by comparison with dash. bash is an excellent full-featured shell appropriate for interactive use indeed, it is still the default login shell. ![]() The major reason to switch the default shell was efficiency. A script run from the desktop or file manager, through the dialogue 'run in terminal' will execute as POSIX dash. Opening a terminal from the menu or shortcut provides interactive bash. This document explains this change and what you should do if you encounter problems. The same change will affect users of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS upgrading directly to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. ![]() In Ubuntu 6.10, the default system shell, /bin/sh, was changed to dash (the Debian Almquist Shell) previously it had been bash (the GNU Bourne-Again Shell). `dash` doesn't expand `~` on path search. ![]() My production system has broken and I just want to get it back up!.
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