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   From: John Fitzsimons    
   Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:43:08 +1100   
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   On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:11:41 -0600, Topaz_Crow   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:19:59 -0500, Mark Warner  wrote:   
   >> Michel Firholz wrote:   
      
   < snip >   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   Not only is a CLI archaic it is also very very tedious for those of us   
   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.   
      
   With windows going through menus, and clicking, requires little/no   
   memory at all.   
      
   Regards, John.   
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