Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:37:12 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: <matthew@starbreaker.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: home pc use Message-ID: <005701c17289$446b6720$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0111201109140.27830-100000@sun08pg2.wam.umd.edu> <00a601c17202$0f9af880$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <200111202228.47120@starbreaker.net>
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Matthew writes: > Frankly, I don't like staring at a bare console. What's bare about a console? There have been many times when I've cursed Windows systems precisely because they have no simple text-based interface for administration. Even on the local machine, there is almost nothing that you can accomplish with simple command lines, and since there is nothing remotely approaching a telnet interface, you can't administer the server from afar with command lines, either. Instead you must struggle with bandwidth-hungry, error-prone graphic interfaces for remote administration, when you can get remote administration to work at all. > Mouse? Hardly need one unless I'm working with > GIMP or playing QuakeForge. I've found that the main reason for having a mouse on a GUI is that no other easy way to navigate among windows exists. But if you are not using a GUI, you don't need to navigate among windows. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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