One of the nice things about linux is that it is text based. The gui is simply another program that runs in linux. Many of the programs used in the gui are just graphical front ends to the text programs. As to the AOL Time Warner and Redhat merger, think about everyone getting a couple linux CDs in the mail like the do those AOL CDs. <grin> Ron Thomas Ward wrote: > > This is really bad. I shutter to think what RedHat will be like if AOL gets > a hold of it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Charles Crawford <CCrawford at ACB.org> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 8:31 AM > Subject: Re: Will Redhat Become a Division of AOL Time-Warner? > > > I wish I could be as optimistic. Actually, we will have to > demand > > that they keep the command line text runtime or they will simply do the > > migration thing where the GUI is updated and the text is > > forgotten. Witness the disappearance of DOS. > > > > -- Charlie. > > > > >Linux already comes with a GUI, but it can safely be ignored. > > > > > >On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, David Poehlman wrote: > > > > > > > but of course, it won't be accessible because they'll slap a gui on it > > > > and lock it in. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Ron Marriage Homepage http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/ Email mailto:marriage at seidata.com Linux User Group http://www.seidata.com/~seilug/ Blind Links http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/rblind.html
