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   From: bigjon    
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
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   Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:13:26 GMT   
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   Sybren Stuvel wrote:   
      
   > ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.os.linux.ubuntu.]   
   > Topaz_Crow enlightened us with:   
   >> It's fine and dandy to have a system like Ubuntu that makes it   
   >> possible to stick with the GUI. My point is that the command line is   
   >> an available tool. Everyone looks at the command line like something   
   >> to be avoided because people are scared of it.   
   >    
   > Indeed. A friend of mine is a complete Linux newbie and a total   
   > computer illiterate. He loves the command line interface.  If he has a   
   > problem he only needs to copy & paste my answer into a terminal, and   
   > his problem is fixed. That's a lot easier than sending screenshots and   
   > describing where to click.   
   >    
   > Sybren   
      
   Surely that defeats the object - I can copy and paste, a monkey can probably   
   copy and paste, I am trying to learn what it _means_ - I have used Windows   
   for years and used the CMDline for lots of things, but now after finally   
   deciding that OS's like XP are very wasteful and greedy, I want to try   
   something new.   
   My initial problem withh Linux (ubuntu) is learning what the commands mean,   
   and the consequences - just typing SUDO and a few commands is all very   
   well, but I need to know what is actually happening.   
   I find it frustrating that, although all the help and tips are welcome (very   
   welcome ATM, don't think I'm moaning about that!), nobody tells me what   
   does what.   
   I mean, I suppose, When I type sudo, what am I actually telling the OS to   
   do?   
   In a gui environment I have text to explain what I am about to do...   
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