seindal - 5:54 am on Jan 31, 2003 (gmt 0)

> I think the next major step for linux will be when you can use all programs through the menu, as oposed to command line.

One thing I have noticed here and otherwhere is that when people have learned to use the command line well, they experience a marked increase in productivity. Exactly why I don't know, but maybe the steep learning curve to get there means they know their OS better and therefore use it more efficiently.

One thing that is much faster with a command line is file handling. Moving files around, changing names and permissions, making little changes are done so much faster than with a graphical file manager, at least with the ones I have tried.

René