[ubuntu-za] Stop the Anti-Unity / Gnome 3 FUD!

[Dave Apter]

 GUI based log analyzers/interpreters are currently the most efficient approach. Thankfully I no longer use the cli to grep/awk my way thru reams of text. 

David B Apter

On 26 Dec 2011, at 11:44 AM, Quintin van Rooyen <quintin.vanrooyen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On Dec 26, 2011 11:06 AM, "Dave Apter" <dave.apter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > CLI ... it's 2012 already!
> > Use the cli and remain in the last century.
> > Making such a recommendation will keep Ubuntu as a minor techie based OS. It's like telling unhappy Win7 users to go back to DOS.
> 
> I often use cmd/powershell on windows machines and use terminals on macs.
> 
> I use those to do advanced troubleshooting/fixing stuff.
> 
> A gui is nice but the cli is getting more poweful each year. It can tell you/allow you stuff that the gui just doesn't.
> 
> Try making sense of large logfiles by exclusively using a gui and get back to me.
> 
> >
> > David B Apter
> >
> > On 25 Dec 2011, at 10:27 PM, Robert Holm <robhholm at lantic.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On 12/25/2011 11:16 AM, Johan Mynhardt wrote:
> > >> You are free to choose your setup and
> > >> configure it to whatever you want, for everything else, there's the
> > >> CLI which makes all of this head budding irrelevant.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Well said Johan!
> > >
> > > Though, if I must take sides, Lee has my vote.
> > >
> > > And compliments of the season to all.
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
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