Rajarshi Guha wrote:
In my last mail, if Dipankar is refers to GUI's from MS as imposed on
the Third World - what does this have to say about Linux GUI's?
So is Linux going the wrong way with the inclusion of GUI's in the
distro's?
I am trying to be more linux specific.
To be more relevant, let us just aside MS i.e. what MS does or does not
is not important.
For a wee bit of time let us look at the issue with OSS and Linux in mind.
Linux is a platform which satisfies the computing needs of a many varied
users. Right from students, enthusiasts, developers, designers, desktop
users, real time systems, database designer / users, network planners /
users / designer, data warehousing, web services - the list can go on
and on........
In such a situation CLI or GUI or both is / are needed depending on the
pattern of usage of every individual.
Now the question is does LINUX cater to such varied needs. Does Linux
offer mutliple options on GUI (i.e. different X-windows systems, various
desktops of choice - gnome, kde...., more than one IDE) as well as CLI
(i.e. bash, csh, ksh... shells, scripting ability....perl, python to
name a few and tools grep, sort, watch.......... and such options).
IMO, the answer is yes, that is LINUX does provide a wide variety of
choices to every user. Infact, there is so much to choose from (both
from available GUI and CLI options) that one sometimes has to think what
to try / choose / leave.
I feel where, there are multiple choices / options to make (that too
completely free) there does not exist even the notions of "enslavement",
"colonization", "sublime force" etc......
Finally, consider an example VIDEO editing on Linux. Very much possible,
doable comfortably. Can it be done without GUI ? The answer if a flat
NO. The applications driven by Graphics do need GUI. Now one more
choice, format conversion of video files. Is the more flexible and
powerful CLI interface available for the same in Linux ? Yes. There you
see the user is empowered and independent to make choices.
Now one can compare the above situation with MS and find the answers
himself / herself :)
with Regards,
ASHWIN
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