To networking professionals, is it normal to be more attracted to CLI than GUI Regards, Martin Chege
Hey Martin, No cause for alarm. This is quite normal in some people. Just the same way some men are attracted to skinny women while others like some meat. However, if you feel that this attraction is going overboard, you should speak to a CLI counselor. :-) Rgds On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:32 AM, martin chege <mcnjoroge@gmail.com> wrote:
To networking professionals, is it normal to be more attracted to CLI than GUI
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lol, Lenya, what a analogy. I wonder what the techie-ladies will say. Martin, it depends on how geeky one feels. But CLI make you really sharp and understand what is happening in the background. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya. twitter.com/lordmwesh .co.ke OFFER @ Ksh1000+VAT, .me.ke OFFER @Ksh250+VAT, while stocks last [?] On 3 March 2014 21:08, Anthony Lenya <tlensya@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Martin, No cause for alarm. This is quite normal in some people. Just the same way some men are attracted to skinny women while others like some meat. However, if you feel that this attraction is going overboard, you should speak to a CLI counselor. :-)
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To networking professionals, is it normal to be more attracted to CLI than GUI
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+2 ! On 4 March 2014 08:08, Anthony Lenya <tlensya@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Martin, No cause for alarm. This is quite normal in some people. Just the same way some men are attracted to skinny women while others like some meat. However, if you feel that this attraction is going overboard, you should speak to a CLI counselor. :-)
Rgds
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Over the years, I'm constantly trying to use GUIs thinking that they're a more modern way of doing stuff ... but in the end, the CLI always comes ahead as better. Anyway, even in 2014, the CLI is usually the best way to get technical tasks accomplished on a computer. -- Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io Musings: twitter.com/varud <https://twitter.com/varud> More Musings: varud.com About Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Jangita Nyagudi <jangita.nyagudi@gmail.com>wrote:
+2 !
On 4 March 2014 08:08, Anthony Lenya <tlensya@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Martin, No cause for alarm. This is quite normal in some people. Just the same way some men are attracted to skinny women while others like some meat. However, if you feel that this attraction is going overboard, you should speak to a CLI counselor. :-)
Rgds
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I think nothing beats CLI. And for Windows admin, PowerShell is a really powerful tool for Exchange and other basic Windows admin tasks. If you are using Office 365, then you will realize there are things that you can only do with CLI and not the GUI. And it allow for faster processing of many items and you can import all these for a text files and process them at the same time all with one command. GUI is good for simple tasks, but it has it's limitations and it is not very versatile. On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Adam Nelson <adam@varud.com> wrote:
Over the years, I'm constantly trying to use GUIs thinking that they're a more modern way of doing stuff ... but in the end, the CLI always comes ahead as better.
Anyway, even in 2014, the CLI is usually the best way to get technical tasks accomplished on a computer.
-- Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io Musings: twitter.com/varud <https://twitter.com/varud> More Musings: varud.com About Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson
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+2 !
On 4 March 2014 08:08, Anthony Lenya <tlensya@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Martin, No cause for alarm. This is quite normal in some people. Just the same way some men are attracted to skinny women while others like some meat. However, if you feel that this attraction is going overboard, you should speak to a CLI counselor. :-)
Rgds
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To networking professionals, is it normal to be more attracted to CLI than GUI
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GUI was designed to keep people from understanding what is happening in the back-end. CLI all the way On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4 March 2014 10:33, Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
powerful
I find myself doing things on CLI linux that i don't even know where the equivalent is on GUI. CLI the best.
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I mix both, for simple tasks like joining a wireless network i use GUI (if its available) Its easier to right click, enter password and enter than ifconfig wlan0 up iwlist wlan0 scan iwlan wlan0 essid <networkname> key <wireless key> dhclient wlan0 BUT for getting down and dirty like routing, network diagnosis, multiple interface management, traffic shaping - I dip into CLI Also GUI are mostly wrappers of CLI commands so they never really get to be as flexible as CLI On 4 March 2014 17:18, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com> wrote:
GUI was designed to keep people from understanding what is happening in the back-end. CLI all the way
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4 March 2014 10:33, Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
powerful
I find myself doing things on CLI linux that i don't even know where the equivalent is on GUI. CLI the best.
Kind Regards, Wilson./
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The CLI's have it. Its more fun, and it really brings out the joy of working on a system. Alot of folks who really know their stuff will be CLI fanatics. I am in there as well - started off with DOS 6.2, then to Linux and Cisco and Juniper. Regards On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com> wrote:
GUI was designed to keep people from understanding what is happening in the back-end. CLI all the way
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4 March 2014 10:33, Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
powerful
I find myself doing things on CLI linux that i don't even know where the equivalent is on GUI. CLI the best.
Kind Regards, Wilson./
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CLI one obvious advantage in the NetOps and SysOps universe is speed when is really needed, remember most of the times you are trying to troubleshoot a network remotely from all sorts of connectivity. R D On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Anthony Lenya <tlensya@gmail.com> wrote:
The CLI's have it.
Its more fun, and it really brings out the joy of working on a system. Alot of folks who really know their stuff will be CLI fanatics.
I am in there as well - started off with DOS 6.2, then to Linux and Cisco and Juniper.
Regards
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
GUI was designed to keep people from understanding what is happening in the back-end. CLI all the way
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4 March 2014 10:33, Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
powerful
I find myself doing things on CLI linux that i don't even know where the equivalent is on GUI. CLI the best.
Kind Regards, Wilson./
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Who uses GUI? ./Ok3ch On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Denis G. Wahome <dwahome@gmail.com> wrote:
CLI one obvious advantage in the NetOps and SysOps universe is speed when is really needed, remember most of the times you are trying to troubleshoot a network remotely from all sorts of connectivity.
R
D
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Anthony Lenya <tlensya@gmail.com> wrote:
The CLI's have it.
Its more fun, and it really brings out the joy of working on a system. Alot of folks who really know their stuff will be CLI fanatics.
I am in there as well - started off with DOS 6.2, then to Linux and Cisco and Juniper.
Regards
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
GUI was designed to keep people from understanding what is happening in the back-end. CLI all the way
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4 March 2014 10:33, Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
powerful
I find myself doing things on CLI linux that i don't even know where the equivalent is on GUI. CLI the best.
Kind Regards, Wilson./
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Perfectly normal; CLI on any day if you know what you are doing. Without wishing to start another Posix vs. M$ thread, it is the reason techies find it hard to work with Windows Servers. That is not to say that M$ does not have a CLI, the problem is that the entire platform is set up to lead/guide everyone to the GUI. BR. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Joseph Wayodi <jwayodi@gmail.com> wrote:
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It's also easy to script/automate tasks via the CLI. _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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