FC6 Nautilus file properties options are crap

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Thu Dec 21 01:50:11 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 01:10 +1030, Tim wrote:

> Brandon Rambo:
> > you could allways just use a terminal to do it...
> 
> More like you *have* to use a terminal.  Why is that GUI tools on *ix
> just plain suck?  It's not like GUI tools can't do the job, other
> platforms do it rather well.  The old mantra that the CLI is superior is
> an ignorant attitude.  What's really wrong with GUI systems is the ones
> that *ix has are inferior.  TUI systems are even worse, the often
> vaunted MC is a really hideous thing.
> 
> The prior behaviour was quite fine, this change is a downgrade.  If
> Linux is to make headway against the evil empire, it's got to stop doing
> stupid things.  Nautilus is a half-assed clone of Windows Explorer.

Tell us how you REALLY feel, Tim!! I feel your pain, Ric

<cackles> 


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