"You can do an amazing amount of stuff with just an ssh connection."

You do a good sell. When confronted with an especially ill-designed and dysfunctional GUI I alwas know that theres a straighter path to the goal lurking in the command line, if I'd just put forth the effort to learn how to use it. My only excuse is that I'm usually just trying to get something accomplished and dont want to stop and learn the native tongue, so to speak. I dont work in the computer racket so they are tools and the occasional toy to me, and so I wont justify the effort, especially when I've got four other technologies to learn before lunch.

i oughta just take some time and gut through it. Obviously it will pay off in the long run.