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   From: "Michel Firholz"    
   Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:36:16 +0100   
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   bigjon wrote:   
   > Mark Warner wrote:   
   >> Nothing wrong with being a point-n-clicker -- I'm one myself -- but   
   >> having a rudimentary understanding of the command line, how it works,   
   >> and how it's used will serve you well as you venture further away   
   >> from Windows. Once fully configured and in actual use, the command   
   >> line rarely needs to be invoked in the "mainstream" full featured   
   >> desktop distributions. But it's nice to know it's there, if/when you   
   >> need it.   
   >>   
   > I agree, but the change to all CMD line is frustrating   
   >   
   One of the problem of that LINUX community, is that we will always have    
   hundreds of nice helping guys telling you how to do things over command    
   interface, wereas meanwhile you could do it just with two clicks right from    
   the GUI...   
   -)   
      
   I just followed a thread about unmounting drives (a must in Linux) ...   
   In most of the current distributions, you just today right click the icon    
   and select "safely remove"...   
   Those guys still open a console (not really: they *always* have one or two    
   consoles open...) and use to type in some lines in volapük*...   
      
   Currently, I could install Kubuntu, a full bench of additional applications,    
   customise everything to my needs without using once the commandline.   
      
   Admittedly, I am still stuck with the not working dual-head monitor is    
   (I810) and am still missing my "Dragon NaturallySpeaking".   
   The current state of the OCR could be improved as well.   
   Damned!  I will have to retrieve my old keyboard from the cellar.   
   -))))   
      
      
   F'up 2 alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
      
   Michel   
      
   * Ven lärnoy püki votik, vödastok plösenon fikulis. (When one is learning    
   another language, vocabulary presents difficulties)   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volapuk_languageone    
      
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