28 Dec
2014
28 Dec
'14
7:12 p.m.
On Sun, 28 Dec 2014, Alexandre wrote:
not sure I understand the point of the question you are posing but I
tend to think the issue raised in this digression is settled:
(a) some generally prefer cli, some generally prefer gui.
(b) cli has advantages for some purposes, gui has advantages for some
purposes.
at this level of generality not sure much more is to be said. (a)
seems indisputable. there are totalitarians but most concede the
general point about (b) but may disagree about where the advantages
lie. but that gets into specifics.
maybe also off-topic.
F.
--
Felmon Davis
optimist, n:
A bagpiper with a beeper.
On Sunday 28 December 2014 11.51:22 Lisi Reisz
wrote:
Good point!
But I was making a serious point too. Sometimes
the CLI is faster and more
efficient. Sometimes it is just different. But I will concede there are
times when the GUI is much safer. Here is a good example of what I mean:
something that is very fast and (too) easy on the CLI - and much safer on
the GUI!
# rm -r /*
Lisi
Being a user of both - and having to help a lot of *basic* users (no harm
meant, just a truth) the central point is "if you know the words".
To use cli you need not only to know the words, but their sequence. Add to
that that (often) you can get a lot done (including damage) without getting
a warning...
I tend to prefer cli for what I know well how to do (partitioning is a good
example) but GUI for what I don't master (stupidly, creating a symbolic link.
I never remember the right sequence).
What's stupid is that "modern" OS (Windows or MacOS) have labeled cli
as "complicated" and "old fashioned", just as a verbose startup. Only
those
who understand how their system starts (which excludes most users of
previously mentionned OSes) know how usefull all this verbosity is.
Thierry
Hi,
What I'm trying to do is to help users by providing tips on tools that I am
comfortable with and that I know how to use. Would you prefer that I give false tips for
using tools that I am not comfortable with just to satisfy your taste for CLI Lisi?
-Alexandre