-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 03:01:48PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 02/21/07 14:29, Joe Hart wrote: [snip] >>> You have to understand that a whole generation has grown up without >>> knowing what a prompt is, and for those people X is the operating >>> system. If they only knew the power of the CLI.... > > > I can't remember how I heard about it but this is cool: > > http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6282 > > >>> Be thankful that they even know what GNU/Linux is. >> People should have to pass a competency test before being allowed to >> use a computer. > > isn't that what the console is?
Excellent essay. Perhaps I will revert some day back to the black screen. I do feel more comfortable with the console than with the gooey, because I can easily read a book that explains what command does what and read the man pages for each command. Having to remember where to click on the other hand can become confusing, especially with the changes that happen so quickly. New features are added to commands, but rarely are they taken away because the potential to break scripts is too great. I am in the process of learning vim. I am weaning myself away from nano. BTW, anyone know why the command visudo launches nano on Debian? On PCLOS (which is supposedly one of the user friendly distros) it lauches vi, like the name implies. One of the reasons I like Debian (and most other GNU/Linux distributions is the ability for the user to choose what is appropriate for them. As one's skill increases, the system can be adapted to suit. Regards, Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF3UsdiXBCVWpc5J4RAkKXAJ0UTOx18WBzmpEjCTDSjnpKJrLVZQCfVONs uG1Q6IO8GM9XDvJdNMIUcKk= =ezVD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
