hi i have been using windows for over 7-8 years and i recently installed ubuntu and been using it from a month ( in GUI mode) and recently i happend to join some networking classes ,where iam currently learning RHCE ,what i really loved abt it was the commands! the shell commands! i never used the CLI mode( in windows obviously) and never knew that learning to use CLI mode be so much fund and rewarding as well , now am all over it and really loving the unix commands ,its been just couple of weeks since i started using the bash commands and am working pretty hard at it,well i wasnt taught much abt the basic unix commands considering the fact that the more importance was over system administration and network administration ( in the RHCE course) so i got my self a book on unix shell programming and started reading it, what i love abt CLI mode is i exactly know what am doing and what the possible outcome can be ..which doesnt happen in the GUI mode! well thanks a lot for the article it was really worth reading and lastly can u guys advice me on how to master the command mode :D »