linux is not osx

[silvarios]

ztirffritz wrote:
I use Ubuntu Linux daily. I haven't had to do anything in the command line in a long time. It is often faster and easier if you know how, but I haven't had to use it for anything that I can think of for a long time.

Exactly. It's not that you should have to use the command line with Linux, assuming one is using of of the many modem GUI environments, but it can still be easier and/or faster to hit the command line. Not dissimilar from OS X really. I make bootable images via the command line because the commands are simple to remember or cut and paste from saved document, no need to hunt for the right options/app via the GUI.

[silvarios]

JEBB wrote: The profit motive for creating programs is evidently compelling.

Why are so many commercial packages so bad then? Why are so many free apps so good? I don't even mean free libre open source apps, there are plenty of closed sourced free in cost apps that are pretty good.

Also worth noting, there is nothing stopping someone from selling open source or free libre software for profit. Common misconception that source being free necessarily equates to free of cost. Heck there's nothing stopping people from selling closed software on Linux, see Steam.

[decay]

use Terminal to install software updates.

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/12/02/terminal-...mand-line/

sudo softwareupdate -i -a