Comment 15 for bug 504668

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Vish (vish) wrote :

I would suggest that we *not* even have a chapter on the terminal [chapter 7]. Defer it to the advanced section , where it would serve as an introduction to the terminal usage.

For a few reasons:
- There is a profound fear among new users that Linux==terminal knowledge is a must. Not mentioning the terminal or giving it importance in the simple guide will ease the user's fear a bit.
- Since it is just an intro to the terminal , something which we dont want a user to use. Why introduce it?
As mentioning it here makes it seem it is something the user needs to know about.
- One of the desktop goals is to purge sudo from the desktop >
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/security-karmic-no-sudo