* Jeffrey Silverman <jeffrey.d.silverman at gmail.com> [2009-09-04 10:13:40 -0400]:
> Oops! Add "and Gentoo and Debian" to the "Slackware is not a good > choice for Linux newbs who don't want to use the CLI" line, as in: > > "Slackware and Gentoo and Debian are not good choices for Linux newbs > who don't want to use the CLI" > > -- > JDS Jeffrey, I believe that your conclusion is not based on the analysis of the current state of distributions. Current Debian testing/unstable is on par with for instance 'Ubuntu Jaunty' as far as I can tell as there is no need to use command line to do your work or administer your system. You are forgetting that ease-of-use enhancements that Ubuntu is making are flowing back into Debian to a degree allowed by licensing and time/effort constraints. In fact, I think you would be very hard pressed to come up with any user action that requires command line access in Debian, but doesn't require it in Ubuntu. Kind regards, Alex
