I also posted this on facebook and a lively discussion emerged involving Philip Galanter and others. I just want to point out that I'm not arguing for a complete return to the command line but, as Pascal's recommended article points out, there are things that the terminal does better than the GUI.
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:05 AM, pascale gustin <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi ! > > An interesting text : > http://reader.lgru.net/texts/echo-echo-echo-echo-command-line-poetics/ > > +++ > p > > Le 10/31/2013 04:29 PM, marc garrett a écrit : > > Hi Rob, > > > > Thanks for the link to the FLOSS Manuals' 'Put Yourself in Command' > > link. It is also nicely executed on the page is elf, well worth a visit > :-) > > > > I'd also recommend "SSH" from FLOSS Manuals' > > http://en.flossmanuals.net/command-line/ch029_ssh/ > > > > marc > > > >> On 30/10/13 05:03 PM, dan mcquillan wrote: > >>> i remember finding neal stephenson's 'In the Beginning was the Command > >>> Line' pretty inspiring http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html > >> A good practical introduction is the FLOSS Manuals one: > >> > >> http://flossmanuals.net/command-line/ > >> > >> For people who are reading this discussion with a sneaking suspicion > >> that the command line is a really bad idea, there's the UNIX-hater's > >> Handbook: > >> > >> web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf > >> > >> :-) > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NetBehaviour mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > -- > > http://www.pascsaq.org/ > http://pascsaq.tumblr.com/ > http://metalogues.tumblr.com/ > http://project.pascsaq.org/ > > -r-W-x-R-W-X-R- x > autobuild/wheel > ---------------[18608128 - s-ile-nses] > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- ***************************** Pall Thayer artist http://pallthayer.dyndns.org *****************************
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