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> 
> > > Dunno...I'm skeptical of GUIs for system configuration.  Just seems
> > > that there's no way they could ever be flexible enough to handle everyting.
> >   Thay must be extensability.
> > > 
> > 
> > In principle, GUI tools is not such bad, it can be usefull.
> 
> GUI tools are good for most things, except for very low-level stuff or
> doing evil tweaky things to configurations. :)

 Let me add something else to the list of where not to use a GUI:
    Multiple/repetitive items  (e.g. adding 500 freshmen accounts to
  several systems.)

> 
> However, I like GUIs because it makes the *end user* feel more comfortable
> configuring something. Sysadmins and clued people of a similar nature are
> the edit-config-file-type, however I thought FreeBSD was also aimed at the
> average joe running Windows :)

   We have tended toward that direction a little more recently; but my
 understand had been that we would accomodate the Windowsphile when possible
 but not, in general.

> 
> Adrian
> 

	- Dave Rivers -