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____/ JEDIDIAH on Thursday 19 Nov 2009 16:17 : \____
> On 2009-11-18, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
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>> ____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Wednesday 18 Nov 2009 23:11 : \____
>>
>>> Don Zeigler pulled this Usenet boner:
>>>
>>>> Despite the yelping of the trolls, by and large most of the major Linux
>>>> distros just aren't that challenging anymore when it comes to installation.
>>>> Since I've been off on medical leave, I have played with at least 10
>>>> distributions. Installation was so trouble-free it was hard not to doze
>>>> off. I answered a few questions, let the installers do their thing,
>>>> rebooted and voila - working systems. So why does the myth that Linux is
>>>> hard to set up persist? True, some laptops have trouble, but I think that
>>>> for the desktop user setting up their machine, the days of editing config
>>>> files by hand or working from the command line are over.
>>>
>>> Well, as long as there are Windows Registry edits, you'll have Linux
>>> configuration-file edits.
>>>
>>> :-D
>>>
>>> Truthfully, I'm kind of surprised that more hardware vendors haven't gotten
>>> onboard the Linux train. Well, not so surprised when you see just how full
>>> of subsidized third-party software the average Windows computer is filled
>>> with these days.
>>>
>>> Hey, sounds like my code (ha ha):
>>
>> What configuration files do you ever change on your /desktop/? Just
>> curious...
>>
>> I only use the CLI to transcode videos because it's fast. It's an instruction
>> with filename.
>
> I use the CLI because I can create a script with a simple loop that
> handles my chosen options and the whole thing is just automated. I run
> the script and let it do it's thing on however many input files I might
> have.
>
> I don't want pretty buttons to push. I want NO buttons to push and
> for stuff to "just get done by itself". A good shell is closer to that
> than a "shiny happy" UI that you have to babysit.
Some programs attempt to GUIfy those things, but it's never flexible enough and
it still requires manual work.
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