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Originally Posted by tomster2300
I think developers will continue to use the command line, but I can easily see it being phased out completely for the average Linux user. Kind of like how MS-Prompt is in Windows, or Terminal in OS X. It's there if you want it, but the average user is never going to be required to use it.
If they could make it completely GUI dependent, I would bet the number of mainstream users would increase.
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True, Sad but true.
Linux is one area that I think old farts have a better chance at adapting than any one
under the age of 40.
Those of us who were computing in the early 80's { that's like uh 30 yrs ago }
who like me had a dual processor { 8085 & 8088 }
a whopping 768
K of ram
Command line only o/s CPM-85 or DOS 2.13
An office Productivity Suite, If one could call it that consisted of
Wordstar & DBase II, remember
No Mouse
everything was a string of key strokes "CTRL + whatever"
And the Internet was text only BBS's and at 1200 BAUD
Now here's a real P/C
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=261