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  1. GavinW

    Avoiding the Command Line

    No, one cannot dispense with a keyboard altogether. My preference for using a mouse is only an ergonomic one. And partly, I confess, my naming of this thread is an unkind dig at a certain kind of command-line machismo. GUIs deserve more attention and more originality, particularly their...
  2. GavinW

    Avoiding the Command Line

    Yes, I can update Manjaro-ARM without touching the keyboard. In Raspbian, I have to open a taskwindow, or whatever it is called, and type in sudo apt update sudo apt dist-upgrade > How do you browse the web without a keyboard, Click the browser's icon (on the toolbar in Raspbian, in the iconbar...
  3. GavinW

    Avoiding the Command Line

    On my desk I have 3 computers. They all use ARM CPUs. I can run three operating systems, two of which are Linuxes. Frequently, in using my favourite OS, from start to closedown I never touch my keyboard, and it remains covered by its plastic dust-sheet. Of course, in writing a program I do have...
  4. GavinW

    First observations and some heresy

    Thank you for your kind greetings. I fully take on board the advantages of a commandline. I would like to learn if there are Linux GUIs in which I can execute commands (with no parameters, necessarily) by simply clicking on the icon of a command script. In like manner, I would like to be able to...
  5. GavinW

    First observations and some heresy

    First observation: The Download Linux page is presumably only for x86 users. What about ARM? The only Linuxes I am currently using are Raspbian and Manjaro-ARM. Heresy: There were motorcars with running-boards right up until World War II. I am not suggesting that the commandline will ever be...
  6. GavinW

    Who wants to develop a Desktop with me?

    Have you ever used RISC OS? The ROX desktop and filer tried to bring its features to Linux, but sadly seems no longer to be extant. Many years ago Gnome had a GUI in which each directory could contain a hidden script in which the user could define the bindings of possible user-actions (clicks...
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