[Gllug] Hi!

[Harry Rickards]

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Tethys wrote:
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> Matthew Smith writes:
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>> There are also a lot of these people who have a history of using 
>> Unix/Linux to run servers, not desktop computers.  Graphical interfaces 
>> are undesirable on a server because they waste processor cycles and 
>> because X has its share of security problems.  GUIs are the norm for 
>> desktop use
> 
> Yep. I don't really think there are people seriously advocating that
> a GUI has no place on a desktop. I'm among those that believes it has
> no place on a server, though. FWIW, I've been using GUIs on Unix for
> 2 decades now, so it's not as if I see it as a new fangled thing. It's
> just that a GUI has its place, and that place isn't on a server (for a
> variety of technical rather than religious reasons).

I agree that a GUI should have no place on a desktop. Personally, I
think that a GUI *should* be used on a desktop but for very little. For
example, I've got a minimalistic Openbox install running on Debian Sid
with only firefox (I know, the Mozilla artwork's not free but I'd end up
changing my user agent to firefox anyway), thunderbird and gnome
terminal. I think that wherever usable, a CLI should be used. I'm
currently migrating from Thunderbird to mutt, but I doubt a usable
cli-based firefox-alternative will ever be possible. I also don't view a
GUI as a 'new fangled thing', having used Windows until a couple of
years ago (I wish I'd discovered Linux earlier).


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Many thanks
Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F)

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