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   From: Florian Diesch    
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   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:55:52 +0100   
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   John Fitzsimons  wrote:   
      
      
   > Not only is a CLI archaic it is also very very tedious for those of us   
      
   It's not archaic, it's just old.   
      
   > who don't want to have to learn a large number of "commands".    
   >   
   > What Unix users tend to ignore is that to use Unix you need to have    
   > a very good memory. If you don't remember EXACTLY what the syntax    
   > for a command is then it doesn't get executed.   
      
   It's like with many other things: You remember the commands you use   
   often and forget the others. You don't have to sit down and learn the   
   syntax by heart.   
      
   Most commands have a man page or a --help switch where you can lookup   
   what you need.   
      
      
   IMHO the shell CLI looks much more difficult than it really is.   
      
      
   > With windows going through menus, and clicking, requires little/no   
   > memory at all.   
      
   But sometimes it requires much more time or more work to do what you   
   want, or you need a lot of special programs.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      Florian   
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