As opposed to OSs that use an invisible execute bit?

Not really relevant to the discussion.

But I do personally agree, that better extensions (e.g. for exec files) in Linux would be a really good thing. I have the same gripe with Linux's case sensitivity of files and dirs. Fine if you want to make the file name more legible by using CamelCase or something, and this needs to be displayed as such. But it's madness that one directory can have the files with the same exact name (case written notwithstanding).

Heck, I fondly remember my DOS days when directories and files were easily distinguishable, since the former ones were always written in CAPS. Not saying that we should bring it back or anything.

	▲	lmz an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Of course it is relevant. It's not like other OSs make it more visible: the x bit is invisible. Bashing Windows for making it invisible without an alternative is just populist point scoring on HN. I guess the x bit is less likely to be transferred over BitTorrent although it wouldn't surprise me if there was some extension for it like there is for ZIP files. (BEP 0047 seems to cover the x bit).