What applications should be started from command line?
What applications would you recommend me to start from command line instead of gui?
Does starting from command line mean any kind of advantage/s? (memory use, etc?) For instance, I've read that mplayer from command line is better than gmplayer (the one from gui). Is this true or is it exactly the same? Well, I am willing to learn so any advice on this subject will be very welcome. By the way, What command line do you prefer? Terminal, Konsole or Xterm? (Am I missing any?) Thank you! Glore2002.- |
which version of the program is best for you (command line or GUI), depends on your situation.
GUI versions are meant to be easier to control, so you might learn faster how to use the application productively on the other side, the command line versions don't have the GUI code, so you can expect them to use less memory. But depending on how much memory your computer has and which app you arhe e considering, this can be neglected. To take mplayer as an example: gmplayer has right-click menus and a control window so you can adapt pretty much every setting without reading manpages to find that magic key combination to do the same in mplayer. I notice no difference in performance between mplayer and gmplayer (intel core2 duo @ 1.80 GHz with 2 Gb RAM) The only reason I still use mplayer is out of habit, and because I like to play incomplete files while I'm still torrenting them, so I can kill mplayer from the commandline if necessary. GUI-only applications like, say, konqueror are run the same way wether you run them from command line or from a menu. The only advantage I know in this situations is to see error messages when a program misbehaves. As for my favorite terminal emulator: I use Konsole, mainly because of the way it's integrated with the rest of KDE. In situations where I don't use Konsole, I use the "real" command line, outside of X |
I like burning discs on the commandline, with mkisofs & cdrecord.
copy the files into my burn folder (specified in my burn scripts). then execute the script. I dont get why anyone would need a GUI for that. |
I prefer start mplayer from command line as I think it is an advantage to not load the gui imho, not for big performances reason, but just because I watch movies full screen so I don't see the need for a GUI
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Erv, you can watch movies with mplayer in linux console (ctrl-alt-f1-f6, not real terminal though) if the linux console uses framebuffer, mplayer will switch to SDL video driver (the SDL games can run on Linux console with framebuffer)
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Thanks!
Thank you. I am learning a lot from you guys!
Whenever I press CTRL+ALT+F1-F6, I go to linux console (is that right?) but without any possibility to write my commands. Maybe this happens because I set my computer to start directly into X. What should I do to go to that console being able to type some commands? Thanks again, Glore2002.- |
I would suggest the running a program (or every program) from the command line at least once as such:
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man mkisofs mkisofs is the first program, it creates a filesystem (.iso) out of your files that you want to burn. cdrecord then burns that .iso to the disc. if your a normal user, you may need to be root to run the cdrecord program. I do this by creating a burn group, adding my user to that group, then, as root, run 'visudo' at the CL, and edit the /etc/sudoers file. my entry in the sudoers file is like this: Code:
%burn ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/cdrecord here are my simple scripts to give you an idea: this is a burn once data dvd Code:
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#! /bin/sh the scripts are a bit confusing, but thats just how I have my folders set up. |
one thing about the command line is you get to see the error messages you don't get to see from the GUI
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Thanks to all!
I will try those CD/DVD burning scripts!
Thank you! Glore2002.- |
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I use a GUI for CD burning (like k3b) as it's far more convenient to drag and drop files from multiple locations you need into the GUI frontend rather than go through the trouble of creating an ISO image of the CD before burning it. Sure I can play around with scripts as I have enough knowledge for that, but I don't feel the need for them as such. |
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xv `locate family_holiday_shot.jpg` Code:
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ls ~/music/*.ogg | sort -R | head -5 | xargs ogg123 The main advantages of a GUI are that you don't need a great deal of knowledge or experience to use it. A good GUI is mostly intuitive. In contrast a command shell takes a good deal of knowledge and experience to use efficiently. At a very minimum you'll need to learn the commands and their syntax. Learn to use both together. X11 was never intended to be a standalone GUI. |
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