You tell him, Dude! Too many people are incredibly proud of their deep
knowledge of the LS command. It blinds them to the fact of their ignorance
when they find themselves talking to someone who used to program in
assembly language.... [?]
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com> wrote:
> For someone who is used to Windows, the CLI itself is daunting. I grew up
> with it and am comfortable, but many people have never used one or had
> occasion to. It just takes a few syntax or typing errors and they get
> frustrated. Also if you do not use it often enough then you are forever
> looking up commands, etc. It is not a question of power, but utility. Users
> must use the best tool for them. I have a friend who buys top quality hand
> tools and uses them almost exclusively. Other people like power tools. Both
> can produce a good result, if one has the ability to use them effectively.
>
> The problem is when the GUI application fails then you must face your fears
> to fix apt or dpkg. That is not time to learn the commandline. Frustration
> can only make the situation more tense. I think that users should ease
> themselves into the commandline and feel comfortable with the terminal and
> using some basic commands, then when the have to resort to it they will not
> feel pressure. Most of the time they can Google and copy and paste to
> start. Encouragement and guidance is helpful, but we need to know that what
> we are advising and is easy for us is hard for the one we are advising and
> be sensitive to that.
>
> Roy
> Using Kubuntu 12.04, 64-bit
> Location: Canada
>
>
> On 10 September 2012 23:47, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Turin Turambar <TurinTurambar.1@
> ...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I hear that, Dude.
> > >
> > > The main thing that I was liking about Software Center was the ability
> to
> > > find what I wanted,
> >
> > $ aptitude search <variable string> just too challenging for you huh?
> >
> >
> >
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