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@Motosuna1982 GUIs are the way to go if you don’t need the extra little bits you can get from CLI. To each his own. I don’t advocate one way over the other. It’s a circumstantial thing. Where I adopted a Linux distro that is aimed more at CLI is one of the major influencing factors as how I use Linux today. Another great thing about CLI is the ability to pretty much do anything remotely from any operating system without installing much more than a SSH client.
@TheWrinkledCheese Cool man, kinda got our wires crossed there. . . . still, I’d rather use guis instead for the time being. Still a bit new to the full linux scene so go easy on me dude. . . I’m not half as clued up as some of the people using linux. [dot]net is waaaay over my head. . . mere mortal that I am lol
@TheWrinkledCheese Both of my computers download videos and music to my media server which is available at my Living Room television. Good for parties or just relaxing. I plan on getting a gyro-mouse someday because the wireless mouse is a little bit of a hassle to use with a TV in a Living Room settings.
@Motosuna1982 What I meant by counter productive is that I have Linux but my job requires me to do [dot]Net. While Mono has been released by Novel, and Novel is in bed with Microsoft in a patent agreement – this allows Microsoft to use Linux code that Novell has patented without licensing issues. Mono is still different from [dot]Net. So being a [dot] Net developer and running Linux at home is what I meant to be counter productive. I to use my computer for the exact same things you do.
@Motosuna1982 OH, I read one of your comments and I was just giving a very valid reason why someone would use the CLI.
@TheWrinkledCheese Not tryng to be a dick or anything mate, just we’re both obviously looking for different things from our O. S. . . you use computers as part of your job and I use mine for entertainment. . . nuff said.
@TheWrinkledCheese I’m just looking for a stable desktop, I’m not a developer nor do I want to become one. It’s not counter productive unless your lookin to become a computer programmer or something similar. I use my computer for tunes/movies and encoding/making dvds. . . takes long enough to burn a disc already without me having to complicate things with sudo mkdir apt mount loop and all that stuff which I don’t need to use. Now THATS counter productive, as I said a complete waste of time i. m. o.
@PCELtech hehe yeah i know, thats what most people are like
lol they don’t really use any good arguments not to test ubuntu again , like you tell them most apps in linux are the same as in Mac but they still cant give you any valid argument not to test a linux based OS again . Why paying for a new OS when u can get one for free that gives you the same stuff as mac ?
@ctsfiddler hehe yep very true, i was shocked coz i didnt know what they where going to say coz i didnt ask them before the recording . . . lol
wow, young folks who won’t give linux a second chance, very scary. You’re so right about geeks and the terminal. Early distros have sent users away and then they don’t look back, even years later. What if no one looked a Windows again after windows 95.
@TheWrinkledCheese Plus installing from source allows you to change the options that affect how the program work, for example, Cinelerra or Audacity are all heavily influenced by what compile time options you select, mostly what libraries you will have available for codecs. Cinelerra is a video/audio editing software and Audacity is a more powerful audio editing software.
@TheWrinkledCheese jejeje yep
@TheWrinkledCheese thats cool man, yeah I started with Linux around 2001/2 as well . . .
@Motosuna1982 Using Slackware, I usually have to install from source since there are no packages available unless they’re on SlackBuild. I switched to Linux to learn more about computers, and I’ve just become accustomed to it. I’m also a developer, although I mostly do web apps and [dot]Net stuff. Kinda counter productive.
@OSyTim Yeah, when I convert people to Linux, I throw on Ubuntu and you would not imagine all the troubles I have ’cause the command line is so much different than the raw power I have with Slackware. I find there is quite a difference with Ubuntu command line.
I have stamped 5. 10 CDs. in summer of ‘05. I’ve been using Slackware since 8. 1 in ‘02. P. S. Sorry for trollin’ your comments
Not to mention MAC is derived from BSD. Because it’s 5:45 am and I’m bored, I will tell you what most of you probably know. Because of licensing issues with BSD back in the day, Linus started Linux. . . or Linus’ UNIX.
@21StuB will try
@TheWrinkledCheese yeah i know its crazy isn’t it. . .
@TheWrinkledCheese yeah true because if they dont type ubuntu but type linux they get the wrong advise. . .
@TheWrinkledCheese MICROSOFT is one of the bigger Linux supporting companies out there as well. They do so almost anonymously through NOVEL and Suse Linux. Mono is [dot]Net for Linux.
I love what Ubuntu is doing with Linux. The command prompt is more generic set of instructions for all the flavours out there. I do believe Ubuntu has a large help icon on the desktop that takes you to the Ubuntu forums. I find most people immediately go to Google for all their help searching, which circumvents this help method.
@Motosuna1982 haha yeah exactly. . .
@liekomgl33t yeah it’s remarkable ignorance from people