Comment 239 for bug 1
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| randyleepublic (public-randolphmlee) wrote | #239 |
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Microsoft deserves a majority market share. Despite its legion of warts, Microsoft Windows is the only operating system whose implementation approches understanding of the concept of the gui/command line dichotomy.
THE GUI/COMMAND LINE DICHOTOMY:
All command and control of the operating system should be available through gui widgets. SIMULTANEOUSLY, all command and control of the operating system should be available through terminal commands.
Windows has high system status courtesy of the registry. Windows has guis to control almost all its sub-systems. Most Windows guis work intuitively as expected. Windows has terminal commands for most controls.
The current state of Ubuntu is not even close. Some Ubuntu guis defeat the command line. Some Ubuntu gui widgets that fail to control the operating system. Many Ubuntu sub-systems can only be controlled by commands. Worse: Ubuntu's reliance on disoranized and poorly documented text files for configuration settings severely degrades its system status.
Bug no. 1 will only be fixable through Ubuntu when Ubuntu offers a SYSTEM that is in the same league as Windows.
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