Jesse Keating wrote:
I would really like to open this up to the discussion for the users and
developers of Fedora. This feature is very ingrained in a lot of our
muscle memories, deeply embedded in our internal and external
documentation for not just end users but entry level admins, group
admins, and a myriad of folks that really do have a use for the
terminal. Sure you can just as easily get to it by selecting it from a
menu, so that actually goes in my favor. If we're trying to 'protect'
the user, why have it in the menu at all? If the end user that Gnome
seems to care about won't notice, why not leave it so that the people
who have a clue and have the capability of helping out don't get pissed
off by yet another 'lets break history in favor of some "usability" we
think is right for the fabled holy grail of an end user'.
A general complaint I've had about 'desktop-oriented' Linux
distributions is that the GUI tries to push people into half-baked GUI
apps and discourage people from opening a terminal window, which is
usually easier to use because there are fewer bugs in the command line
programs -- I've got an older machine where my usual way of getting an
xterm is Alt-F2 "xterm".
Given that FC is a distribution aimed at Linux enthusiasts, and not
a 'windows-killer' aimed at novices, I think the command line should be
getting more real estate on the screen, not less.
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