There's real reasons for Linux to replace ifconfig, netstat, et al
One of the ongoing system administration controversies in Linux is that there is an ongoing effort to obsolete the old, cross-Unix standard network administration and diagnosis commands of ifconfig, netstat and the like and replace them with fresh new Linux specific things like ss and the ip suite.
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/ReplacingNetstatNotBad
One of the ongoing system administration controversies in Linux is that there is an ongoing effort to obsolete the old, cross-Unix standard network administration and diagnosis commands of ifconfig, netstat and the like and replace them with fresh new Linux specific things like ss and the ip suite.
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/ReplacingNetstatNotBad