I have been reading the discussion so far, and would also like to say a few words about it. Because I feel that both sides here have some valid points. On the one hand of course it is true that stupid people will do stupid things. It doesnt matter if you work on console or on gui. To oversimplify it: running rm -rf / or clicking on format d: in the windows explorer and ignoring the warning that it will wipe your drive is basically equally stupid. Or to be a little more subtle: Whethere you change a config file on console of which you are not sure how it works, or if you tick a checkbox in gui that you dont fully understand. It doenst matter and eventually you will end up with a flawed system. You need hours to find that this checkbox you ticked last week (and thought is would be a harmless change) actually caused all the trouble or that the conifg file you edited before and almost forgot that you changed it at all is the your source of trouble. So eventually no matter if you use console or gui (windows), if you dont know your stuff you will do stupid things. Argumenting for this point that gui makes it easier for stupid people and is thus not desireable will just lead to the wrong conslusion, because people who use the console and dont know their thing will still just spend a bit more time but eventually dont end up with a safer system.
On the otherhand however we see that a gui has one major advantage: It visually displays you all the options you have directly and thus, if you are looking for something, but are unsure what it is, you can just search through the submenus until you find the right checkbox/dropdown menu etc. This is not only important for stupid people, as we have seen we cant do anything about them anyways, but also for people who know their stuff. Why? Simply because no one can remember all the options even if they know what an option does. For example I might not exactly remember in which config file (with what syntax) I change ip address and subnet settings even if I know what Ip addresses are. But on a gui I can just click around until I find where to edit the ip address. Just my idea. Best Regards -- 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
