Re: [orca-list] Is Linux suitable for non-programmer/computer scientists?

["Hank Smith, and Seeing-Eye dog Iona" <hanksmith hanksmith net>]

what about configuring apps?
and also editing conf files
last time I used ubuntu I had to drop in to command line just to open 
text editor to edit conf files couldn't do that from gui do to root not 
being available in ubuntu gui
is there a work around for stuff like this?
Hank
On 3/17/2013 7:10 PM, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hi Hank,
>
>
> On 3/17/13, Hank Smith, and Seeing-Eye dog Iona <hanksmith hanksmith net> wrote:
> > but don't u have to install linux apps from command line?
> No, you don't. There are a number of graphical tools to install and
> manage apps. On Ubuntu, for example, I use Software Center to install
> and remove applications. I agree using apt-get is faster, but it isn't
> strictly necessary to use any command line tools to install and remove
> apps.
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