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   From: Topaz_Crow    
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
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   On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:19:59 -0500, Mark Warner  wrote:   
   > Michel Firholz wrote:   
   >>   
   >> 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...   
   >> ;-)   
   >   
   > There is that. Most people tend to teach the same way *they* were   
   > taught, and many of the GUI tools that are now commonplace weren't   
   > around even a year or two ago.   
   >   
   > The point remains that there *will* come a time when the only way to   
   > accomplish a certain task will be through the command line. When that   
   > time comes, it will be easier for the new user if he has a little bit of   
   > experience with the CLI, no matter how limited.   
      
   It will also, maybe, give the new user an idea of the power of the   
   command line. IMHO, people are missing much of the power of Linux    
   if they avoid the console.It's not archaic, it's a very power part   
   of the system that they should not be scared of.   
      
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   Topaz Crow   
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