[plug] Question for everyone

Senectus . senectus at gmail.com
Fri Feb 10 15:02:41 WST 2006


On 2/10/06, Gregory Orange <gregory.orange at metoceanengineers.com> wrote:
> Mike Holland wrote:
> > Senectus . wrote:
> >> I find that when I plug a USB drive or a memory card into Ubuntu or if
> >> I map a network drive to Ubuntu via samba then I delete a file off one
> >> of these external storage setups it will then create a .Trash-username
> >> file and move the file there.
> > That is surprising. Even windoze doesn't keep a trash-can on USB drives.
> > But why are you using a GUI file manager at all?
> > Seriously, learn bash and loose the training wheels.
>
> Seriously? The more the hardcore users[1] abandon them, the less call
> there will be for GUI apps to work properly[2].
> Greg.

I'm capable enough in the CLI, and am not afraid of it in the slightest.
It's just more convenient to use the GUI as I'm managing Win machines
on the same Linux box via VNC/NXmachine/RDP/ICA, no amount of CLI is
gonna help there. :-P

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