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

[Tom H]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Tony Pursell
<ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> 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.

That's fine and that's your choice but you shouldn't criticize anyone
for posting a CLI solution.