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   From: SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid>   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
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   Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:09:58 GMT   
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   * Philip wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   > 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?   
      
   No, more like netstat or the dozens of other commands that have no GUI   
   but are necessary to administrate a networked machine in many, many   
   environments. If you have a job and they have an IT department, you can   
   bet they spend more time at the windows CLI than in a GUI app.   
      
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