I am learning Linux again. I got sick of hiring Linux guys and decided it was time to (re)learn Fedora Core so I could do the work again myself.
I hate command line stuff these days. Yes I know, before you uber-geeks get all jihad on me, stop. I know, LINUX is better. I just hate typing. (insert line about irony here as you read this on blog). I would rather use a GUI.
It’s just really about all the keyboard gyrations that command line Linux makes me do. It’s not just letters, oh no… LINUX adds | and ! and ^ and ><!@@##@%!#$%!11GRRWTF like typing into your daily vocabulary. Too often.
Not to get get all whiny, but is this really necessary? Can’t you have the worlds coolest operating system AND a decent GUI that I can use remotely? If Windows can do it, why cant you guys figure this out? Is this a counter culture statement of “we’re soooo not Windows dude“?
If you are a LINUX nerd reading this and you have an answer for me, I beg of you leave the answer to my mystery in the comments. I am a lazy typer, beyond my prime keyboarding days of %@#$ and >><<^^abab start and such. I like all the fun without all the crazy typing workouts.
On the other hand I have installed Apache, mysql, two databases, a mail server, a web server, a blog, anti spam, web mail, and many other server level services TWICE over the past few weeks.
The second time was because I fat fingered a single file permission command, and wiped out the file permissions on my whole server. O RLY?
On a positive note, I restored the whole server in two and a half hours yesterday.
I love LINUX.
Man, do i agree with you there.
I have a running theory on why this is the case(2 Theories actually).
The great people who write the software are programmers. To make a great ui you need to be an artist of sorts. And a programmer is no artist in a visual sense(beautiful looking source code aside). That and add to the fact that most of the programs created start out as a command line program. Where most programmers are happy to leave it off at.
The other theory(well not a theory really). Is that there are several major divides in the linux community. For example we have KDE and Gnome(only mentioning major ones here) for the window managers. Both of which operate mostly the same, but operate differently enough that there are PLENTY of heated debates on which is better. The problem i see with that is, we have very talented people on both sides. If only they could combine into one super force, we would be set with one interface that everyone knew(for the most part at least). That would help EVERYTHING IMMENSELY!