On 01/06/13 17:31, godfreysown wrote: > finally, I guess I was just interested in the average trisquel user's > opinion about CLI versus GUI, also to know their experience and > practice with regard to same.
I use both (but mostly GUI) and I think operating systems that encourage CLI usage are useful operating systems. However, I also think that projects like Trisquel which have secondary aims of providing GUIs to make using a computer easier are also a step in the right direction. Many users aren't comfortable with using a CLI and having a GUI frontend has its uses. At the same time, I hope there will always be decent CLI programs for as many GUI programs on GNU/Linux as possible. I'm not a frequent CLI user, but to my knowledge Debian- and Ubuntu-based distros do mostly achieve this. But perhaps they don't really "encourage" it (especially Ubuntu) unlike some CLI-focused distros. Perhaps a little off-topic, but have you heard of Parabola? (https://parabolagnulinux.org/) It's an FSF-endorsed GNU/Linux distribution based on Arch, which might have goals /similar/ to Slackware, which you might be interested in. :-) -- Andrew Roffey OpenPGP fingerprint: F9E6 E6C4 0080 85F4 0E30 B0D9 7F7B DC7F 9657 B073
