> On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 08:16:34PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > For this postinstall work, for CD exploration and for selective
> > uninstalls when short of disk space then a GUI is far better than
> > command line. I ever thought that people wanting to do everything
> > with command line or everything with GUI are similar to people who
> > don't know when to use the gun for sparrows and when to use the gun
> > for elephants.
>
> Question: When does one use the elephant gun for sparrows?
>
> Answer: When they want to do rpm work with a GUI interface
>
> `Webmin' Now there is a worthwhile GUI interface. An elephant gun
> worth having.
Doesn't count. However worthy it is, it's not one of the standard RHL
packages. I've not learned about it, but it SOUNDS as if I need a webserver
and a webclient to use,
>
> Remember that the install manuals that come with RH distros usually
> have a semi-lengthy section on using `RPM'.
We're going round in circles here. I'm probably better than most with
commandline rpm but there are still times when a decent GUI is preferable.
glint decently filled a need, and didn't require gnome (gnorpm) or kde
(kpackage) to be installed.
I'd have used glint quite recently (I even had a go at building it); gnorpm is
no replacement.
I used to use glint on a 486; it ran reasonably quickly on that whereas the
machine would hide its head in a corner and sulk if asked to run gnome or kde,
assuming either would fit on its disks, then totalling 490 Mbytes.
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