> > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 09:13:36AM -0700, Frank Hale wrote:
> > > >
> > > > No I wasn't aware of that at all.. I'm getting warm
> > > > inside now
> > > > though. ;o) I have a feeling that it will be much
> > > > more useable
> > > > in the next release as well. Thanks for the
> > > > pointer..
> > > >
> >
> > What does `glint' do for you that you cannot easily duplicate from the
> > command line?
>
> It's much easier on beginners than the commandline;-)
>
> In principle, nothing. However, I do recall being able to see what assorted
> packages do, making some selections and then installing all those selections.
>
> I see its greatest use being soon post-install when you're seeing what you
> might have installed if you'd known more. I find choosing packages at
> install-time a very time-consuming and frustrating process, I prefer to get
> the known essentials installed (without lots of stuff I don't want) and get on
> with using the system.
>
For this postinstall work, for CD exploration and for selective
uninstalls when short of disk space then a GUI is far better than
command line. I ever thought that people wanting to do everything
with command line or everything with GUI are similar to people who
don't know when to use the gun for sparrows and when to use the gun
for elephants.
--
Jean Francois Martinez
Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org
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