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> Sorry, I didn't. I'm not sure what you mean by portablem simple tools from an > average user perspective. If a person wants to solve a problem, he wants to > know how to do it within a paradigm that makes sense. One of the underlying philosophies in the design of Unix (and thus Linux) is to empower the user to build solutions to complicated problems using simple building blocks. Little programs like cat, grep, cut, awk, etc built up in a pipe accomplish something more wonderful than each one, individually, can accomplish. Unix is thus a tool-builder's OS. The fact you can get an GUI front end to Unix/Linux is just an added bonus. The fact that you can click and run apps happened to Unix from pressure from Windows users who find that migrating to Unix is a very cost effective alternative. A paradign that makes sense to a Windows user turned Linux user does not necessarily make sense to everyone. > The simplest solution > from his perspective may not necessarily be the one from your perspective. As > there is frequently more than one solution to a problem, many users would > rather look for something sitting a few mouse clicks away rather than have to > resort to keyboard commands and risk a mistake. Or, put another way, you would rather click on an icon to erase an entire partition, which takes only one mouse click, rather than have to type "rm -rf /", which takes several keystrokes. This, of course, is just a matter of preference. One can just as easily make mistakes clicking away, as one can make mistakes typing away. P~Manalastas _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
