On Sun, August 12, 2007 12:38 pm, G T Smith wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kai Ponte wrote: >> >> I didn't realize the OP was downgrading to the CLI to achieve this. >> > > Whether using the CLI is an upgrade or downgrade is a matter of > opinion, > there are some things a GUI interface is useful for and for other > things > its a pain. Horses for courses.... :-)
No, it isn't opinion. The fact that one MUST use the CLI for some things on a modern OS desktop such as KDE - even in this day and regardless of ease - is simply sad. Were I able to open a nice GUI and click a few options, I'd much appreicate it over having to type... mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf scale=720:480,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:keyint=18:aspect=16/9:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192 -ofps 30000/1001 -o netbeans_test_record.mpg netbeans_out.ogg ...to encode a video. (The test screen capture listed above is located here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQAjPIZR2dg - by the way.) I want a nice GUI like SMB4K (http://smb4k.berlios.de/) for selecting networks of all sorts and setting mount points. This is MUCH preferable to slogging through some incomprehensible man page to figure options on a CLI-only app. That said, if I were administering a SLES box from a remote location, I'd want to be able to do most things through the CLI. That - believe it or not - has been my argument against Windows "Server" products such as NT 4, 2K and 2K3. In a nutshell, I want the OPTION of doing it MY way. If I want to do CLI work then I wouldn't need a GUI. If I am running a full-featured GUI such as KDE or something else, then I shouldn't have to EVER go into the CLI. /soapbox -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
