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[Richard Seguin]

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I think that anyone who has used linux (regardless of distribution)
has had to at least appreciate using the command line.  There are some
things you just cannot do using a gui...  I love the GUI now, but I
was once a command line person too...

R. Wood wrote:
> Allegedly, on Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 01:04:47PM -0700, Donald &/or
> Mila Trombley stated:
>> Personally, I do like the command-line way of accessing the
>> information or programs which I wish to access...
>
> Me too!  :-)
>
>> I used to be a DOS driver ;-) O:-) ! It gave me a lot of
>> "control" in how I used the OS....
>
> And the GNU/Linux (bash) shell is soooooo much nicer than the DOS
> prompt too...
>
>> But, unfortunately, I became "lazy" in that I now am used to
>> using the "Icon" way (Point & click (shoot)) to access the
>> programs...
>
> GNU/Linux offers a lot of choice, which is a good thing: icons to
> launch programs, Alt-F2 for launching one-off apps, or even just
> from the terminal command-line -- it's all good, whatever works at
> the moment...
>
>> Linux for now is still a largely unfamiliar territiory for me,
>> although I am slowly getting used to its idiosyncrasies.  BTW:
>> How do I access the various command line features, which I wish
>> to run (so far, I have been able to most of them via "Point and
>> Shoot" in XWindows format.....
>
> Yeah, I'm not sure what you mean by "various command line features"
>  either, but here's a tip anyway.  I always bind the 'F12' key to
> 'Open a terminal window' under the 'Preference/Keyboard Shortcuts'.
> Then I just have to hit F12 to open a gnome-terminal window --
> handy if you find the command-line useful  :-)
>
> Have Fun with GNU/Linux, Raymond
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