Re: [Trisquel-users] Helping new users choose application software

[strypey]

I understand where Moxalt is coming from, and in my experience, even total  
GNUbies do eventually learn to do at least a few things using the command  
line. A lot of the how-to articles on the web have step-by-step instructions  
which include how to open a terminal, and commands that can be cut and  
pasted. However, even if we followed his advice, the problem remains that  
there's often no obvious way to tell whether a package is fully graphical,  
semi-graphical (like FreeWheeler or FreeBirth) or command line only, or  
whether its mature and stable, or experimental.

Also, if we did away with both AD/A and Synaptic as local applications, they  
would simply be replaced websites like the FSF free software directory, or  
Freecode/ Freshmeat. Although that might be better in some ways, it doesn't  
solve the problem described above, it just shifts it from local to remote.