(01-13-2012, 07:48 AM)nerofromde Wrote: [ -> ]why using linux??? Its free! NO MONEY! 
I got dolphin now but I still think it would be much better if it the other linux users could install it from the ubuntu software center... lets face it, linux is probably the future and the most popular version (with big distance) is ubuntu / kubuntu so it would be a good step for dolphin...
I hate the terminal, it really sucks and is designed for computerfreaks, its like msdos.... I like the concept of windows, everybody can install something without learning commands... just click install... thats really cool and with the ubuntu software center, linux is mooving in that way...
and again, sorry for my bad english 
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Well, first of all, I encourage the use of linux, but you seem a bit ... over-motivated
Here's a few points I'd like to write down:
* Whether dolphin is installable from your package manager (which the "ubuntu software center" is only a cheap front-end for; the real program is debians "apt") or not -- is to be decided by the ubuntu package maintainers. Thus, the dolphin forum is not the right place to discuss this; the developers of this application are not responsible for it. File a bug report there (or whatever thing they use for that) if you really want a package.
* I like using linux on my desktop computer, but a statement like "linux is probably the future" is most likely wrong. People have been saying this for twenty years now, and it still has a 2% market share. I also don't see a problem here, let it be like that.
* Ubuntu / Kubuntu isn't at all the "most popular distribution with big distance". There's no reliable statistics about how many users what distribution has, but distrowatch.com or similar stuff isn't reliable for sure. Also, Ubuntu is a bit of a hype atm and might as well lose that status within the next few years again.
* The terminal and its good integration is the main reason for many people to use linux. Unlike bloaty and sluggish user interfaces, it allows you to do stuff as fast as you can, i.e. only limited by how fast you can give reasonable commands, without waiting for windows to open or large applications to launch. You're free not to use it, but it's definitely not a "thing from the past" that is to be replaced like (to use your words) windows replaced DOS. It's an alternative way of interacting with your computer -- which is intended for "professional users" (hate that expression, ugh), sure -- but many tasks, if you have to perform them on a regular basis, are just way easier and faster with it. That's a matter of fact, if you ask me.
Oh, also, the terminal is something "stateless", i.e. you execute a command and then you're back at the very same prompt you've been at before. This makes it easy and fast to type consecutive commands, as you can assemble the second command in your mind before the first one has finished. For example, if you want to copy a file from an external hard disk by using a file manager; then you have to launch the file manager, wait until it has opened and *then* you can start thinking about where to move your mouse in order to do the copy operation (because the exact position(s) of the button(s) you're required to click is not really predictable). If you're working with computers a lot, this really slows down your workflow over time.
* That "ubuntu software center" (again) is just yet another package manager frontend. There has been such applications for decades, like synaptics, kpackagekit, rpmdrake, yast(2), sulfur... it's nothing new in any way. Also, about all it does is displaying the output of "apt-cache search <name>" in a fancy list, and execute "apt-get install <application>" if you click on a button. It's no kind of new technology, it's just two buttons mapping to functions which have been there for at least fifteen years.
I hope that makes things a bit clearer. I don't mean to offend you in any way, tough.
Greetings
