GUI vs CLI (Was - Last 10 modified files...)

[Tony Pursell]

On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 05:58 -0500, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:48 AM, Loïc Grenié <loic.grenie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2011/2/24 Tony Pursell <ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk>:
> >>
> >> @Loic and Sandy. I appreciate the technical answers but I feel that we
> >> should also be promoting the facilities in the UI.  CLI answers don't
> >> give the impression of an easy to use OS that can replace Windows.
> >
> >    This mailing list is "Ubuntu user technical support...". Moreover I
> >  can only give the answers I know: I really don't know how to look
> >  for the 10 newer files in a GUI (GUIs are usually limited to a single
> >  directory and I'm an old timer that types a lot faster than he clicks).
> >  In the end, I'm not trying to "give the impression of an easy to use
> >  OS that can replace Windows", just trying to answer the question.
> 
> +1
> 
> Furthermore, it could've been an X-less install (although in this
> case, you'd have to assume that it isn't because of the "battery
> died").
> 

I would stand corrected, but it is my understanding that this is the
only mailing list for user support and we can make no assumptions about
the level of technical expertise of the user except the clues given in
the question.  So I will always start with the standard GUI tools if
there is no indications to the contrary. 

In particular, it seems that the Ubuntu Software Centre is almost
completely ignored on this list, which is a shame as some much effort
has gone into it.  It even provides the answer sometimes - see the
thread on Can't read PDF.

Tony