-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Arkady Grudzinsky wrote:
> I would compare GUI to helper wheels for bycicles. You may need > them if you can't ride, but once you know how to ride they start > limiting you and getting in your way. In my experience, time spent > to learn the text interface is much better invested than time > spent to learn which button to push, which box to check and where > the menu item is located. Text commands combined with the arsenal > of standard UNIX tools (awk, sed, Perl, piping, regular > expressions, output redirection, shell scripting, job scheduling) > are way more powerful and flexible than any imaginable GUI. > > Image processing tools are exceptions (to certain extent) to which > portage does not belong. > > Just an opinion... (you asked for one). Yes, I did ask for an opinion. :-) Just for the record, this isn't an issue of not being able to use the command line. I *love* the command line. That's one of a number of reasons that I moved to Linux. :-) However, I am still learning Gentoo and haven't yet figured out all the nuances of portage. I was just curious to find out if anyone had tried the program. I was not necessarily suggesting that I was about to jump on the bandwagon. Thanks for the opinions. As of now, I think I'll just stick to learning portage! :-) Regards, Colleen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDKeuW7FsR4jhcRJoRAnKFAKCDbB4xUxH2XQe02ozhL6xOwOJUFwCbBmpG NueM6ndzRTlHFg22MoLWNs0= =RPHq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
