Mercury305 |
08-20-2012 11:58 AM |
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Originally Posted by Anonymo
(Post 4759327)
The first posts were sort of a PITA, but only because they all seemed to discuss the same issue and it felt the discussions were going in circles and your opinion(s) seemed more like you're annoyed and saying "do things this way" instead of asking "why things are done this way?". But I think you might have brought topics that some people were curious about. It's similar to what just happened to me, things get misinterpreted online, since you can't hear the sarcasm or the sincerity or whatever anyone is feeling when they are typing. From new people coming to Slackware, it's "let's ask why things are done this way or why no dependency resolution or why systemd?", and we are trying to get an answer or trying to wrap our heads around these seemingly crazy ideas. But to people here on Slackware forums, who have been around a long time, when someone comes asking these same questions, the thoughts that probably go through their heads is "oh, not this again! or why not go somewhere else if they are not happy with it. Or this guy is trying to troll or start a flame war", because it comes up sooo many times on here and there is no way to tell if the person really wants to know or just trolling. But it's because they/we love Slackware so much and don't really want it to change. I'm glad that Patrick was able to speak with you and his perspective was brought out and actually enlightened me, because he's intelligent and has so much more experience. Also shows how much he cares for Slackware and was very patient and kind, seeing right through all the posts and was able to guide you.
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I had to go through hell to get those answers. But when I got the answers they were SOLID. I just wanted to know why. There had to be a good reason. I was determined and curious. So if I was interpreted as PITA then oh well... at least now I know why things are the way they are. I am happy to clear the minds of others as well. Patrick doesn't talk much but whenever he does he has something smart to say. I am glad to push his buttons to get good answers for the rest of us.
In all reality I love the Command line. Because I feel very intimate with the Computer under that Dark Black oblivious screen. Its so much funner then point and click and it works so much better if you know what you are doing. Slackware seemed the most command line friendly to me out of all the distros I tried.
With the command line you are that much closer to the Kernel. The GUI is just an added abstraction to communicate with you easier. But doing so it sacrifices your intelligence. Every click you make often is a lot of hidden commands going in the background you don't know about. You often can't get the same flexibility in GUI either. Because its so much easier to code in command line type of program then having to create buttons and etc. for every detail "-" to the command. On top of that you got "|"
| (piping) alone is enough to surpass GUI in so many ways. Because you can't possibly make that many variables/combinations into GUI.
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