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____/ wispygalaxy on Wednesday 18 Nov 2009 01:47 : \____
> Terry Porter wrote:
>
>> One thing I love about GNU/Linux/Ubuntu-9.10 is the ease it installs
>> applications.
>>
>> I use the CLI (from within X Windows) a lot and if I type something like
>> "gqview" to view some pictures in a directory, but gqview is not
>> installed on my system, Ubuntu inserts the following into my command
>> line. What's so cool is that Ubuntu has found the program isn't
>> installed, then checked to see if it's available, and told me how to
>> install it, automagically via the Internet.
>>
>> If it gets any easier than this, on ANY operating system, I haven't seen
>> it yet
>>
>> tp@gronk5:~$ gqview
>>
>> The program 'gqview' is currently not installed. You can install it by
>> typing:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install gqview
>
> I'm getting more comfortable with the CLI in Debian. I used to think that
> the GUI was the only way for me. But I can see that it's faster getting
> what you want with text commands. Some GUIs can be cumbersome and annoying
> to navigate. If you know what you are doing, the CLI can give you super
> results each time.
The CLI also contains more information in case something goes wrong.
It's sometimes easier to tell someone a command to run than to give a long description
of buttons, clicks, prompts etc. that are not universal and are hard to remember/visualise.
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