On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:28:06PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > that is a good idea. however, i have another thread about making a > symlink, but all the responses involve real 1980s command solutions. > which, while fully capable of doing, i refuse to. when my friends see > this, they will laugh at a system which requires you to open a terminal > just to make a link (and rightly so). It takes longer to open a terminal > than it takes to right click > I find your comment histerical. You want to know why? Because you think your friends will laugh at you for using a system where you are required to open a terminal to create a symlink. I laugh at your friends for using a system which can't even create a symlink unless you get a third party application :-) > I'm sure the responses will be "this is linux, if you don't like it use > windows' and 'its free what do you expect' and 'linux is all about > terminal' ...these excuses just don't get old. It's 2007 > t > Well, considering that the terminal is: - more expressive - more powerful - more concise I'd expect that more people would want to use it. However, this insistence that a "point and drool" interface means progress is equally annoying to me. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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