[Sugar-devel] Free Terminal?

[Sean DALY]

The first time I found & opened Terminal, I did an ls and saw that
there were comands prefaced with "sugar". I ran one out of curiosity,
and wiped out the Journal, which taught me the valuable lesson that
tinkering with the command line could destroy the environment...

Sean


On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Martin Langhoff
<martin.langhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Terminal is currently hidden by default on many builds.  How about unhiding
>> it or replacing it with an activity that offers more of an intro to the
>> command line?
>> It is an important tool for understanding how your computer works.
>
> But it is also an _advanced_ tool, and a dangerous tool.
>
> It breaks one of the core principles of Sugar -- it is easy to _break_
> stuff. So it is fitting that it sits a bit hidden. Just like your
> swiss knife has the sharp blades folded in while in your pocket.
>
> cheers,
>
>
>
> m
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