DD> Until Linux becomes a GUI we'll always have that CLI.

CA> You're a dedicated CLI zealot, I'll give you that much. :-)

DD> The current GUI you hint at is NOT Linux, it is something
DD> extra included in distributions by some distributors. One
DD> is not obliged to use those distributions.

CA> But the majority of ones peers seem to prefer the GUI to the
CA> CLI. Does one ignore reality?

 If they prefer the GUI, how can they be my peers? ;^)

CA> Seriously - it's opensource it can go in any direction and the
CA> clique of CLI users won't make a bit of difference in the final
CA> episodes. Linux is becoming a product and will be dumbed-down
CA> as all products are to appease the masses of
CA> semi-computer-literate people out there who can be persuaded to
CA> use it. Right now 'pretty' and GUI both sell.

 Sad, but true.

 TTYL.

 Robert

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