LinuxGazette.net: Front and Back: KGPG and GPG

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 8, 2004

[ Thanks to nagermij
for this link. ]

“One of the virtues of Linux is that its Unix heritage has given
it a powerful command line. Using the command line can be difficult
though, and many people prefer to use GNOME or KDE to do their
work. Fortunately, many developers choose to embrace Larry Wall’s
virtue of ‘laziness,’ and instead of choosing to reinvent the
wheel, they create user friendly front-ends to common CLI apps.

“This is the first article of an occasional series which intends
to look at some of these front-ends, show the new user how to use
them, and, most importantly, provide the corresponding commands for
the ‘back-end’ command for future reference–you never know when
you might need to do something over an SSH connection, after
all…!”

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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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