Is it true thatthe best way to upgrade & install software in linux is through termina

[Guest]

I have read about & i'm also wondering what the diffrence between terminal & GUI?

[Rog132]

The Whole Truth...

With the terminal you will see the 'The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth'. With the gui you will see pretty pictures.

[GreyGeek]

The terminal. No doubt about it. Besides being very informative about the processes taking place, the terminal is faster because no GUI pictures have to be painted, as Rog132 says.

I let the system tray notifications tell me when an update is ready to install. Then I open a Konsole and issue
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-install

[Feathers McGraw]

I agree with Rog (and Gerry!)

I actually quite like the new Muon Discover for finding packages if I don't know what I'm looking for, and it's sometimes nice to see a screenshot if it's a graphical application... but I will always open a terminal and use apt-get to install the program.

When you do things this way you tend to learn more, which is nice in itself but can also be useful - you may have a problem one day and realise that you know how to fix it because you've picked up a few things just by tinkering!

[vinnywright]

The terminal. No doubt about it. Besides being very informative about the processes taking place, the terminal is faster because no GUI pictures have to be painted, as Rog132 says.

I let the system tray notifications tell me when an update is ready to install. Then I open a Konsole and issue
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-install

that would be ,,,,,,,

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get [COLOR=#ff0000]dist-upgrade[/COLOR]

and yes ,,,,the terminal

VINNY

[GreyGeek]

that would be ,,,,,,,

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get [COLOR=#ff0000]dist-upgrade[/COLOR]

and yes ,,,,the terminal

VINNY

Duh!

Stoopid typo! I wish my fingers were smarter ....