Folks - Time to end this thread. Its drifting way OT. Please avoid this level of Ot discussion in the future by taking the thread off list after a few posts.
73, Eric Elecraft List Moderator --- www.elecraft.com On 7/10/2012 6:23 PM, Jim Lowman wrote: > Okay, I said that I'd stop, but... > > I have been in software development since before the days of DOS. For fun, > I took a five-course certification in Unix/Linux systems at the local UC > campus. > > It was fun to watch these younger guys struggle, after the instructor told > everyone on the first day of the first class to shell-out to the command > line > and stay there. Most of them had never seen a command line. > > 72/73 de Jim - AD6CW > > On 7/10/2012 4:37 PM, Alan Jump wrote: >> All three can do some serious number-crunching. But Linux, especially in >> the command-line mode, is best described as "user-antagonistic". I >> happen to like command-line operation for certain tasks; it's actually >> faster than waiting for a graphic environment to open, especially if I'm >> doing something like network setups or troubleshooting. And I've been >> doing it long enough that I can (and probably have) worked through >> network problems in my sleep. Others aren't as comfortable typing in >> long, arcane strings of commands, options and arguments. For them, there >> are graphics-oriented packages that do the same job. >> >> We now return to our regularly-scheduled forum, already in progress... >> -- >> 73 de N5ILN/6 >> Alan >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
