The Trouble With GUIs
It was only a month or so ago that Linux bloggers were feverishly debating the suggestion that perhaps it was time for the command line to go away. Here we are just a few weeks later, however, and it's the flip side of that question that's being discussed.
"Take this GUI and shove it" was the title of the InfoWorld post that brought the topic back to life again, this time with a focus on the oh-so-helpful graphical user interface.
"I find nearly all GUI management tools for network devices and servers more trouble than they're worth," wrote Paul Venezia, the author of the post.
"This preference isn't techno-codgerism, it's based on the reality of day-to-day network and server administration," Venezia added, citing a number of examples to support his case.
"GUI interfaces are fine and necessary in many cases," he concluded. "But
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