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An even easier solution: don't make people fall into the command line to format a USB reliably. The command line should be reserved for times where you need th
by gravypod 10y ago
An even easier solution: don't make people fall into the command line to format a USB reliably.
The command line should be reserved for times where you need the fine grain control to do something that DD is meant to do. A GUI should implement everything else in a reliable way that doesn't break half the time or crash on unexprected input.
- empath75 10y agoI'm a Linux sysadmin/developer and I've literally never used a Linux GUI.
- xelxebar 10y agoI want to do this so bad, but the two things that keep me running X are my browser and mpv. Oh, and viewing PDFs.
- icebraining 10y agoSome of us don't "fall" into the command line, we reluctantly get out of it, and only for specific purposes.
- incompatible 10y agoI've tried the gui tools in the past, but dd just seems far easier.
- 2bitencryption 10y ago"a paintbrush should be reserved for times when you need fine grain control to paint your bedroom. A hired painter could do it all reliably in a way that doesn't risk you painting over the crown moulding or falling off a ladder."
- tracker1 10y agoI've setup/configured bind a few times, and every time I wish there was a nice gui for it.. even thinking to myself I should make one.. but shortly after I've refreshed my memory of how to do something, and by then, I'm done and leave it alone for some while.
- bigbugbag 10y agoWhat do you mean fall into the command line ? The better half of my computer use happens in the command line interface, way more efficient use of my time.