On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It is not at all limited to "Free Software" platforms. It is the > defacto debugging and administration tool of every platform. Yes, > Microsoft platforms have some very nice GUI administration tools.... but > one runs head-first into them quite regularly. I have ~300 Windows > workstations under my administration - WE USE THE COMMAND LINE ALL THE > TIME! THE COMMAND LINE IS OFTEN ****EASIER****! IT IS EASIER TO > INSTRUCT PEOPLE ABOUT USING THE COMMAND LINE! YOU CAN CUT-N-PASTE TEXT > FROM THE A terminal/cmd WINDOW! - THEN PUT IT IN A TICKET OR E-MAIL. > THE COMMAND LINE TOOLS REMAIN THE SAME ACROSS VARIOUS VERSIONS AND > REVISIONS; vs. their need to constantly redesign the control panel. > > The command line tools of Windows finally do not suck, they've invested > a lot of effort into improving there command line. Why? Because people > want it! Calm down, dude. What you and I prefer don't matter that much. For the "lspci" VS Device Manager issue. Actually Linux user needs such stuff more since Linux is less likely to be properly pre-installed. > I have no idea what "Neowin" is. http://www.neowin.net/ > Okay, you are now way outside of "normal user". Well, if one use portable application for Windows, he is outside "normal user"? _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
