Linked by Adam S on Sun 6th Apr 2003 17:18 UTC
This is my reaction to Tsu Dho Nimh's "Migrating to Linux not easy for Windows users" featured on Linuxworld.com recently. It's not a response, I'm not challenging his opinions, which I feel are not only valid, but mostly right, it's just a reaction.
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The whole point of using a destop enviroment is ->NOT<- having to use a command line, that's the reason they where invented in the first place.
Actually no. The reason desktops were invented in the first place were to allow for multiple full screen / command lines at the same time. The idea of escapint the command line came from the unified application frameworks: Lotus, Wordperfect, etc...
The idea of a desktop that didn't require command line configuration didn't exist until the Lisa / Macintosh.