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Re: {OT} Interesting view on Windows/Linux+Wine

• Posted by Vincent <darkvincentdude at yahoo.com> Mar 08, 2006
• 681 views

Jason Gade wrote:

> With many distros I've used, including Ubuntu, you can do all of these same
> tasks with the GUI. Sometimes it is more straightforward to use the
> command-line,
> though.

There is alot I can do with the GUI, but also alot I cannot. At least it seems
that way with Ubuntu. PC-BSD seemed to be easier to get a grip on.

I have to use "sudo" constantly, even if I make a Gnome root account. I cannot
change any file permissions in Nautilus without first doing "gksudo nautilus", or
using "sudo chmod -attr file/dir". I cannot seem to use WINE without typing
"wine" in the terminal, etc. All of my system setup was done using the terminal.

Perhaps this is different in SUSE with YaST or in newcomer distrobutions like
Xandros, PC Linux, Linspire. But with Ubuntu you will meet Mr. X termimal right
away.

I like it this way though... Ubuntu is good because it requires newbies to learn
the terminal like any normal Linux user would but not so much to scare them away
(like Gentoo maybe). Ubuntu also comes with a disabled root account by default,
which is a pretty clever idea I think.

> Remember, there are some things in Windows that you can only do from the
> command-line
> as well. It's just that they aren't common enough for most users to do.

But it really isn't the same. Most of the DOS command line is used for well DOS
related stuff. The X terminal is much more powerful and has built in scripting
language called BASH. Though you can get a more powerful DOS console called 4NT.

> --
> "Any programming problem can be solved by adding a level of indirection."
> --anonymous
> "Any performance problem can be solved by removing a level of indirection."
> --M. Haertel
> "Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
> --C.A.R. Hoare
> j.


Regards,
Vincent