Re: [News] GNU/Linux Can Run as Text, Unlike Windows and Mac OS X

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Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> Linux Runs on Text: Understanding & Handling Text
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> | This month, as another part of the series about using text on Linux systems, 
> | we’ll introduce “plain text� and how you can restructure it. We’ll see how to 
> | identify text from different systems (Unix, DOS, Mac) and to convert text 
> | between systems. The article ends with some examples, and there’ll be lots 
> | more next month.    
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> | If you’re used to clicking on files to view and edit them, you’ll probably 
> | find some new tools and concepts here. Gurus, please have a look at the main 
> | example and be sure it’s familiar.  
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> http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7285
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> Related:
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> Linux on the line: musings on the CLI / GUI flip-flop
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> | People are a funny lot. One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. And 
> | one person’s primary means of instructing a computer is met with disdain by 
> | another. There’s a perennial battle between mousers and keyboard jockeys, 
> | and “what’s in� appears to go in cycles.   
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> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15449/1141/
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> Geek to Live: The command line comeback
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> | The advent of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) forever
> | revolutionized personal computing. A windowed system with point
> | and click icons made computers usable for anyone who couldn't deal
> | with a black screen and a prompt waiting for arcane textual commands.
> | But in recent years, this enormous interface change is coming full
> | circle. Amongst power users - and more and more, regular Joe's - the
> | command line is making a comeback in modern web and desktop
> | applications.
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> http://www.lifehacker.com/software/command-line/geek-to-live--the-command-line-comeback-226223.php
> http://tinyurl.com/y88w3w
Well, all I have to do at the login screen is to type in ">console" and 
I'm in pure text mode.
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William G. McAdoo.
American Government official (1863-1941).