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People who are not comfortable with command line interfaces should avoid Linux like the plague.

I'm going to post this every time I see someone say what you said here:

PCLinuxOS is so easy, you don't NEED to use a command line, ever. I haven't yet. Not all Linux distros are hard.

139 posted on 03/08/2008 3:30:36 PM PST by Big Giant Head (I should change my tagline to "Big Giant penguin on my Head")

To: Big Giant Head

PCLinuxOS is so easy, you don't NEED to use a command line, ever. I haven't yet. Not all Linux distros are hard.

I doubt it.

Let's say, for example, that you want to create a Flash movie. That is a common task for anyone creating a web site. You can use the Ming library to do that. It's trivial for a Linux expert to get it working in most distributions. But can you do it in Ubuntu without touching a command line? I doubt it.

Or, perhaps you want to create some 3D graphics, you might decide to use Aqsis. It works great in Linux, but can you get it to work in Ubuntu without opening a terminal? I doubt it.

If you can get Ming or Aqsis to work in Ubuntu without using the command line, I'll retract my statement.

144 posted on 03/08/2008 4:54:57 PM PST by HAL9000 ("If someone who has access to the press says something over and over again, people believe it"- B.C.)

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