buddy, you must reply to the whole group as well. not just to me. :-) lots of things are perception. study shows that, GUI makes a user work faster. of course exceptions are there geeks can outtype a typist ;-)
remember, we have to think about the bulk users, not just a few geeks. if maths is abstract, then the command prompt is as abstract to a beginner. when u teach a child, u show it a crow, or a cat and say cat,. you dont show the words "CAT" and then say cat. it comes later. i would certainly prefer a GUI instalation also with the command line RPM. remember choose the best of both worlds. and if the GUI can give u all those options, nothing like it. remember, its always a hassle to keep typing a long command line. and to keep a brain sharp, I think chess is what u need, not command line typing. Arvind ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip S Tellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arvind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:49 AM Subject: Re: Reply-To header [was Re: [LIH] KDE 3.0] > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Arvind wrote: > > > remember, mathematics is always easier to understand, if it is > > graphical , than when it is analytical. > > That is because much of mathematics is abstract. > > > As a normal, user, if i have to install a package , i would certainly > > prefer a GUI, instead of remembering a thousand options that rpm might > > Think about it this way. rpm gives you `a thousand options', but your > GUI doesn't have place to put all these options on screen. Whenever you > use a GUI, you are given what the programmer thought you would need, and > not what you actually need. > > > I used to remember quite a few commands with options. But a lack of > > touch for a few months, made me refer to all my books which is > > frustrating, cause, instead of getting straight to my objective, i had > > to once again, learn the pre-requisites. > > that's why man pages are installed with the commands - so you don't need > to open a book. you just keep typing. besides, using the command line > keeps you in touch, just like constantly working on math problems keeps > your mind sharp. once you stop doing that, you start to get `stupider' > (for want of a better word). > > > remember, everybody cannot be a geek to remember everything from > > command prompt. a beginner can manage a GUI, but never a command > > when I was a beginner, there was no GUI. how is it that all beginners > at that time managed the command line. And I'm not talking about geeks > here. My aunt was a seceratary at that time, and she used computers, > and she had no problem with the command line of MS-DOS. > > Fear of the command line is just FUD spread by vendors of pure GUI based > systems. > > -- > E = MC ** 2 +- 3db > _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
