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Has the Command Line Outstayed Its Welcome?

Posted by samzenpus on from the time-to-go dept.

dgharmon writes "The Command Line Interface has its uses, acknowledged Mobile Raptor blogger Roberto Lim, but no piece of technology targeted at the consumer market should ever require that something be done via CLI, he says. Keep it as an option or you can take it out all together. 'If it is there, it should just be there for the IT people or tech support to use when you encounter a problem.'"

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  1. Dinosaurs are blogging now? by spasm · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Mobile Raptor blogger Roberto Lim"

    Well I'd assume raptors would be mobile, but I still have no idea why a dinosaur would be blogging, let alone why anyone would care what they thought about CLI vs anything else?

  2. Roberto Lim is NOT Roblimo by Cow+Jones · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn it, this really bothers me. I'm usually very careful to check my theories and hunches before I post a comment, but I really messed that one up. Now instead of modding me down, like I asked, people are modding it up. Apologies to Roberto Lim and Robin Miller, and anybody who read what I wrote but missed the AC's correction.

    I want to blame the Euro soccer finals and copious amounts of alcohol, but I should know better than to drink and post.

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  3. Re:Just what they want Linux to become ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gnome has a registry. Fucking idiots.

  4. Re:really?? by msauve · · Score: 3, Funny

    "And browsing through the results pages is very much unlike a CLI."

    I use Lynx, you insensitive clod.

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  5. Re:Just what they want Linux to become ? by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Microsoft has NEVER had a consistent user interface across their applications."

    You're forgetting the days of the "Blue Screen of Death." That was pretty consistent.

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  6. You can have my command line by HangingChad · · Score: 4, Funny

    When you sudo it from from my cold, dead hands.

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  7. Re:Just what they want Linux to become ? by humanrev · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd KILL for an official Control Panel option in Windows to allow me to customize the BSOD screen. Power Ranger Pink anyone?

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  8. Re:Just what they want Linux to become ? by nighthawk243 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just the other day a Linux distro decided that they want to do away with "Upgrade Kernel Without Reboot" feature of Linux

    Now this guy wants to do away with CLI

    Just what do they want to turn Linux into - another M$-Windows-like kludge?

    While they are at it, why don't they import the "Windows registry feature" into Linux, and/or turn Linux into a proprietary closed-sourced OS??

    Why can't they just leave Linux alone?

    Well... given that I reboot about as often as I get laid, this should increase the number of times I get laid in a year. Where do I sign up?

  9. The CLI way by Bananenrepublik · · Score: 4, Funny

    Almost as good as a Control Panel option: add this to your system.ini

    MessageBackColor=D
    MessageTextColor=C

    That should give you bright red on bright magenta, which is as close as you get to Power Ranger status.