On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Bob Miller wrote:
> Shannon C. Dealy wrote:
>
> > Do you really need a GUI? I always use "make menuconfig", and like
> > it better than any of the GUI flavors I have used.
>
> I've used menuconfig and xconfig, and I think xconfig is better in
> some objective ways. Here are a few that spring to mind.
[snip]
>
> I don't believe that GUI interfaces are always better than text-based,
> and I can think of plenty of cases where they aren't. In this case,
> though, xconfig wins the usability contest.
Perhaps xconfig is better these days, I haven't used it in probably 3-4+
years, and while I don't remember what it was, there was something about
it that just irritated the heck out of me, which is why I went back to
menuconfig. Probably should try it again sometime. Now if they could
just fix the [EMAIL PROTECTED] problems with USB in the latest 2.6 kernels.
Shannon C. Dealy | DeaTech Research Inc.
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