The Linux Killer Application (Beta 2?)

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GUI tools are great

for those who are new to Unix administration, but you're just not going to get a 20-year system admin to give up the command line. Graphical tools are great for certain things, but nothing replaces the speed and comfort of a command line. I know you're talking about enterprise Unix, but I'll give you an example form home Linux administration of why I prefer the command line:
Running Ubuntu, a debian-based distro, typing "sudo apt-cache search gcc-3.4" and "sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4-base" is about 150 times faster than using Synaptic, the GUI front end to apt. The same is trun for updates. I have disabled automatic updates on my Ubuntu box (a large seeling feature of the distro), because I prefer to run a simple shell script every time I boot up.

I get what you're saying, but who are you trying to sell? It sounds like you're trying to sell Unix based on it's resemblence to Windows. Who's your target, MCSEs?

Posted by: Real World   Posted on: 10/13/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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