Thread: Noobs should use terminal!
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2009-12-04 , 03:02
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Originally Posted by Big Phat Jan View Post
I think it's undeniable that someone with a working knowledge of the command line can get things done much more quickly than someone without, ... The time you're talking about wasting is really negligible (imho).
:-O

Who was it that claimed this forum was suitable for ordinary users?


At the most a couple of days of actual use to get the basics. It'll pay you back in spades when you want to rename hundreds of files in a photo album (for example).
A couple of days of learning command line commands "negligible"?

You honestly truly think this is a realistic proposition for most end users?

This isn't a system administrators' convention here, we're talking about a consumer product aimed at ordinary people who aren't hobbyists.

They do not want to learn text-based commands entered at a prompt. It doesn't matter how much benefit they get from it, it is simply not something they would do.

They don't give a rat's arse about Maemo itself, they just want a cool gadget that does fun things and is easy to use. Command lines aren't cool, they're not fun, and they're not easy to use.
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