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UNIX & LINUX Computing Journal: The Text Based Interface

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 12, 1999

[ Thanks to Jay
Fink
for this link. ]

So why do so many UNIX users, after getting frustrated
using Linuxconf, the “Control Panel”, HP’s SAM or any other GUI
admin tool have tendancy to huff and puff, then close the damn
thing and fire up an xterm?

“Reliability, Understanding, Power and Control.”

“Those are the main reasons. There are an assortment of others,
one theory for example, states that UNIX users are largely
“liberal” and as such have a tendancy to like wordsmithing.”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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