2009/1/7 Richard Tattersall <tatter_s...@msn.com>: > CLI is also useful for support/guides, because rather than lots of "click > here, then here, then here" all you need is to copy and paste commands in a > terminal. >
I suspect this is where many of our new users are introduced to the command line. We have had a fair number of new people turn up for support on IRC recently (yay, by the way), and many have come in because they're part way through a guide online which dives directly into the command line. > Im curious as to what you were trying to do in a terminal and what you found > hard about it? I bet there was probably a simpler/GUI way of doing it. There may well have been, but the majority of wiki pages (and forum posts) in my experience detail solutions by means of a block of commands rather than screenshots or descriptions of menu paths. "sudo apt-get install cowsay" is easier and faster to type than "System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager -> Enter 'cowsay' in the search field -> Click on it then choose 'Install' -> Click 'Apply'." Although these days:- "Click this:- apt://cowsay" Is _even_ easier. > Perhaps this suggests a problem with how ubuntu is documented for new users? > It is. Maybe we should go through the wiki doing a global replace of "apt-get install" with "click apt://" :) (note for the humour impaired, this is not a serious suggestion, but you get the idea). Cheers, Al. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
