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   From: bigjon    
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
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   On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:33:30 +1300, Philip wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   >>    
   > You mean like running msconfig or ipconfig in Windows?   
   >    
   > Philip   
      
   There is a surfeit of apps out there to do that for you...   
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