Closed throwaway1037 closed 3 years ago
Definitely a no to the file extensions. They're not very important on Unix-like systems. On Windows you can install Notepad++ which adds an option "Open in Notepad++" to the context menu, making it easier to open text files without extensions.
Some file managers will only recognise files by their file extension; if there is none then the file will not be recognised and selecting or attempting to open it will result in an error. Some file managers will appear to hang or become unresponsive whereas others will open a dialog box with a message similar to "file unrecognised: no suitable program to open file found".