On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 09:57:54PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 07:10:25PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 10:52:11PM +0000, Wulfy wrote: > > > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > > >Of course, some things simply cannot be done without a GUI. Or at least > > > >they cannot be done efficiently.
> > What I'm curious about is Roberto's claim that "some things cannot be > > done without a GUI..." > > > > Like what? Limit it to things that need to be done with somewhat-root > > privilages (i.e. not viewing the night sky). > > > > I'm really interested in this. If there's something that root has to do > > that requires a GUI and hense requires X, then I better start writing a > > non-GUI app to do it. > > > Sorry. My statement was not meant to imply that there is anything that > requires root priviledges *and* a GUI (other than brain-dead things like > the Oracle installer). Just that some productive tasks are impossible > or nearly so without a GUI. Hi Roberto I can buy that. Hard to watch a DVD or use a full-featured web-browser, or read a pdf with diagrams without X. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
