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   From: Florian Diesch    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:56:14 +0100   
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   "Michel Firholz"  wrote:   
      
   > bigjon wrote:   
   >> Mark Warner wrote:   
   >>> Nothing wrong with being a point-n-clicker -- I'm one myself -- but   
   >>> having a rudimentary understanding of the command line, how it works,   
   >>> and how it's used will serve you well as you venture further away   
   >>> from Windows. Once fully configured and in actual use, the command   
   >>> line rarely needs to be invoked in the "mainstream" full featured   
   >>> desktop distributions. But it's nice to know it's there, if/when you   
   >>> need it.   
   >>>   
   >> I agree, but the change to all CMD line is frustrating   
   >>   
   > 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...  ;-)   
      
   Often it's just easier to give a short command line than to describe how   
   to do the same thing with a GUI, especially if you're not using the same   
   locales.   
      
   > I just followed a thread about unmounting drives (a must in Linux) ...   
   > In most of the current distributions, you just today right click the   
   > icon and select "safely remove"...     
   > Those guys still open a console (not really: they *always* have one or   
   > two consoles open...) and use to type in some lines in volapük*...   
      
   Let's see:   
      
   diesch@vogon:~% ps -eo cmd|grep \[x]-terminal-emulator|wc -l   
   23   
      
      
   23 xterms isn't that much for me - there's a reason why I have 25   
   virtual desktops (using only 10 at the time).   
      
      
   > Currently, I could install Kubuntu, a full bench of additional   
   > applications, customise everything to my needs without using once the   
   > commandline.   
      
   I could do the same without using the GUI ;-)   
      
      
      
      Florian   
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