Oh, the irony, given my (not entirely serious) comment about returning
to a CLI world:
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/07/01/218255/has-the-command-line-outstayed-its-welcome
Here's one very good reason for for the command line to remain - even
(or especially!) for total beginners with the system.....
Has any here ever tried to described, step-by-step how to achieve an
even moderately complicated set of actions in a GUI, either in plain
text, or over the phone? Compared to telling the person to "open a
terminal window, and type the following....", describing how to manage
something in a GUI can be a royal pain!
NOTE: this is not an argument against GUI tools, but an argument for
ensuring *both* GUI and CLI methods should be available for as many
operations as is reasonable.
Chris
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