On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:36:15 -0500 Thomas Vecchione <seablaede@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Andrew C <countfuzzball@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > Command line isn't not n00b friendly, just merely a different way of > > accessing applications and managing the system. Might sound stupidly > > elitist and like 'the cancer that's killing linux audio', but you > > can't expect to run and use a linux or any other unix based OS > > without using the CLI once or twice IMHO. Whereas windows gives you > > the ability to do everything with a mouse and a GUI, linux gives > > you the choice of either using a GUI to run the app or launching it > > via a terminal. > > > > > OS X, a unix based OS, would tend to disagree with you. And has done > a fairly successful job doing so at that. The majority of the time > that it is easier to troubleshoot something on #ardour-osx by using > the console output, or using the terminal to enter a command, I have > to tell users exactly how to get to the terminal, many of them don't > even know it exists. > > Seablade I think we're leaving the "how linux audio could be more user friendly" topic in favor of the "how linux could be more user friendly" - which is not bad, just saying. I allready stated more or less this, but I'd like to say it again, in other words. If I wanted a user friendly OS, I wouldn't be using linux, but probably OSX. There's a monetary cost for that, but OTOH linux and more in general open source software involves a larger "time" cost, time spent reading documentation etc. There's a tradeoff there. I think many people here, like me, prefer to invest time in open source software rather than money AND time (though less) in closed source software. The way I feel is that we really shouln't invest too much time and energy with users who won't learn how to do such an easy thing as using a terminal (just google "linux using terminal"). What does the community gain in having such people use linux? cheers renato _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
