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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Is UNIX for me? Post 26579 by BSeanD on Tuesday 20th of August 2002 11:47:01 PM
Old 08-21-2002
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However, it's command-line driven, meaning everything you want to do is done by typing on a command line, making it harder to grasp than windows where you just point-and-click to get things done.
This is sort of true, although GUI is available for unix. Some are quite windows like. Sure much of the higher functionality is controlled by the command-line but for general use a GUI will get you by about 80% of the time. BTW you'll find it's really not that hard to learn how to use the command line, it just takes a bit of practice.
As for what do people use it for, well I use mine for general desktop stuff; surfing the web, watching RealPlayer, listening to MP3's, email etc..... Basically I use mine like windows users use their computers only I can't play games with it.
Like auswipe I'm a fan of FreeBSD,

Got any more questions, just post them. Smilie
 

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EXTRESSO(1)						      General Commands Manual						       EXTRESSO(1)

NAME
extresso - wrapper for wrestool and icotool SYNOPSIS
extresso [OPTIONS]... [FILE]... DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the extresso command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Extresso reads resource scripts, and uses wrestool to extract the listed resources and icotool to convert them (if necessary). OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). -o,--output=DIR Where to place extracted files (default `.'). --format=FORMAT Extraction format of icon resources, passed to icotool. -b,--base=DIR Base directory of local files in scripts. (This will be appended to ``file'' lines in the scripts.) -i,--interactive Prompt before extraction. -v,--verbose Explain what is being done. --help Display a help message and exit. --version Output version information and exit. EXAMPLES
Extract all resources from shell32.dll using the resource script ``win98_shell32'', assuming it is available in ``/windows/windows/sys- tem/shell32.dll'', and placing output in ``out/'': $ extresso ../data/resscripts/win98_shell32 --base=/windows/windows --output=out/ $ find out/ -type f | wc -l 339 $ SEE ALSO
genresscript(1), icotool(1), wrestool(1). AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> and Oskar Liljeblad <oskar@osk.mine.nu>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001 Colin Watson Copyright (C) 2001 Oskar Liljeblad This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. extresso (icoutils) April 18, 2005 EXTRESSO(1)
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