[Gllug] Debian gateways

[Bruce Richardson]

On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 07:39:47PM +0000, Nix wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Bruce Richardson moaned:
> > I hate to say "I told you so" - not really: "I told you so!".  Not about 
> > Debian - IMO a person's favourite distribution is a bit like their 
> > favourite colour, largely a matter of personal taste - but about working 
> > at the console.
> 
> I dunno about that, I think it's too sweeping. X doesn't dissolve your
> mind; I've been using X almost since I started with Linux, but it hasn't
> stoped me learning, because I've eschewed GUI config tools and preferred
> to make changes from an xterm.
> 
> Avoiding GUI config tools is important. Working in text mode at the
> console keyboard is not :)

It's a good place to learn Linux/Unix skills if that is not your
background, though, which is the point I was making/reiterating.


-- 
Bruce

If the universe were simple enough to be understood, we would be too
simple to understand it.
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