That excerpt could potentially go into the Advanced Topic Chapter. It could go into the "Introduction to the terminal", right after "What is the terminal?". It would be titled: "Comparing Terminals". (Just a thought)
Have a good night! Thomas Corwin On Mar 19, 2013, at 7:21 PM, "Patrick Dickey" <pdickeyb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the goal is to make it as seamless of a transition for Windows > and Mac users as possible. Which means they have to "dumb it down" > enough for the user to feel comfortable. Kind of like crawling before > you walk, so to speak. The real power behind Linux has always been the > command line (IMHO), and that's what separates it from Windows/Mac. > Mainly this is because Microsoft (and I'm guessing Apple as well) have > removed features from the command line. My impression is they did it > because the features were dangerous, and they wanted to make sure the > user did it through a GUI, where they could control it's use. If you > look at DOS 5.x, DOS 6.x, Windows 95/98, and Windows XP (check the > options available in the Windows directories as opposed to what's > available on the DOS disks), you'll see how they removed some of the > power or at least hid it. > > I'm not sure where in the manual that would fit (if it would at all), > but it could be something to add in the comparison between Ubuntu and > Windows. Ubuntu is a great place for people to dip their feet in, so to > speak. I've got a Fedora installation, but honestly haven't paid > attention to how Files handles things there, as I typically use the > right click copy/cut/paste out of box. Next time I boot into it, I'll > have to check all of these things out there. > > I think the most important thing is that we don't let our feelings > towards what Canonical has done with Ubuntu make it into the manual > itself. Otherwise, we risk turning people off to Linux, and we > definitely risk turning people away from the manual. > > Have a great day.:) > Patrick. > > On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 20:18 +0100, John Cave wrote: >> To be honest I'm not really a fan of Ubuntu any longer - everything has >> been dumbed down so all you have to do is type what you want to do. I >> don't like it. Leave apple to do that, I say. I'm not a fan of Fuduntu >> for ease of use and Sabayon for hard-coreness. >> >> I say bring back the thinking that a user has a brain! >> John Cave >> >> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: >>> Using and describing Files (formerly Nautilus) is a real struggle. The >>> menu bar now only contains the menu "Files". Other menus like Edit, >>> View, Go, Bookmarks and Help, which could be found in the menu bar in >>> Nautilus 3.4, are now placed on the toolbar in two dropdown menus: View >>> options and Location options. And the only way to Copy/Move is by >>> right-clicking on a file or folder. >>> I find it far less useful (eg. no more F3), and not very logical. I have >>> changed the section on the file manager to describe the new situation, >>> but I am far from happy with it. I hope users will get a better file >>> manager in future versions of Ubuntu. >>> Sorry for my moaning, just felt like sharing this with you :( >>> Hannie >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual >>> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
