Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 05, 2004 08:15 PM
> We really DONT want to use the shell and > DOS-like commands: if we did, we'd run > DOS 6.2.
so youre saying dos 6.2 and a linux/unix installation with no x are the same? do you have any idea how silly that sounds?
> Finally, I already note that a command line > devotee has said that the command line is > better. Allow me to say loudly that it > definitely is NOT better if your main use > of the computer is graphics/text mixtures > using a wordprocessor.
no graphical tool will ever match the power and flexibility of bash or most modern shells, anyone with decent unix experience can tell you that. when i say graphical tool, im talking about tools for system maintenance, configuration, etc etc.
but if you are doing wordprocessing, why should you even think about a shell? what does that have to do with anything?
> Why in God's name should I use command line > or vi or even Emacs if I have OpenOffice 1.1.
why in gods name are you comparing a shell and a text editor to an office suite? you are a very, very confused person...
> developers and other specialist users need > it.....and good on 'em...but don't try to > push it on others who don't want a bar of it.
developers dont really need it. system administrators, for example, do. youre confused again. but youre right about pushing it on others... if all you need is a desktop machine, and you dont want to mess around too much, there should be no need to fire up any xterms.
Learn about Linux
Download Linux
Get Linux help
Re:Thankyou Robin for an honest summation
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 05, 2004 08:15 PM> DOS-like commands: if we did, we'd run
> DOS 6.2.
so youre saying dos 6.2 and a linux/unix installation with no x are the same? do you have any idea how silly that sounds?
> Finally, I already note that a command line
> devotee has said that the command line is
> better. Allow me to say loudly that it
> definitely is NOT better if your main use
> of the computer is graphics/text mixtures
> using a wordprocessor.
no graphical tool will ever match the power and flexibility of bash or most modern shells, anyone with decent unix experience can tell you that. when i say graphical tool, im talking about tools for system maintenance, configuration, etc etc.
but if you are doing wordprocessing, why should you even think about a shell? what does that have to do with anything?
> Why in God's name should I use command line
> or vi or even Emacs if I have OpenOffice 1.1.
why in gods name are you comparing a shell and a text editor to an office suite? you are a very, very confused person...
> developers and other specialist users need
> it.....and good on 'em...but don't try to
> push it on others who don't want a bar of it.
developers dont really need it. system administrators, for example, do. youre confused again. but youre right about pushing it on others... if all you need is a desktop machine, and you dont want to mess around too much, there should be no need to fire up any xterms.
#