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Neil Williams wrote: snip > Don't rely on the GUI, learn how to do the GUI stuff from the command > line. There are a thousand different ways that the GUI can break but you > always have the command line - even if it is only the temporary shell > within the installer. > snip > > This is the problem with packaging an OS that "just works" - when the > fancy GUI stuff stops working, people need to know how to fix the magic. > > Absolutely right. I started with computers back in the days when there was only a command line available. (Yes, DOS and before that CP/M.) I am happy using a console and with typing in commands. I can remember many examples of people who have never used the command line. I remember someone who had only ever used a GUI looking so surprised when I pressed the Y key to choose Yes. He wanted to know what I had done and when I explained he said, 'didn't know you could do that!' I think this is one possible reason that Linux is still taking time to get really popular, so many people are scared of the command line or they look upon it as a backward step. They want to stay in their comfort zone and look to someone else to fix any problems. Neil Winchurst -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html