What do you think of Linux minus the command line? HP Mini Mi is the netbook powered with Linux, sans command line. The general efforts of making Linux more usable seem to be going against the command line. While I think that GUI is functional and easier to start with, the command line is the best tool to make best use of the powerful shells and scripting to get more productive. Of course, the common man might not miss the command line, and it might not hurt the sales. However, I sincerely feel that the path to productivity is not towards avoiding command line, but using it along with the GUI. In this case, maybe HP should offer a way of enabling the command line instead of locking it away.
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January 9th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Somebody, I think on Slashdot, pointed out that those who might want the command line are used to tweaking things manually and thus could, without much trouble, tweak a terminal for themselves on this computer. Thus, a tempest in a teapot.
January 11th, 2009 at 12:31 am
I think you hit the nail when you said “the common man”. If Linux is to make it’s mark as the Desktop OS, we have to think about the “common man”, the non-techie, about making it so simple that our Grandmoms can use it.
I , personally, wouldn’t want a Desktop without the command-line. But considering the fact that I started using Linux only 6-7 years ago, I can see how people survive without it