mount /dev/hdb1 would produce an error message. What you'd want would be something like "mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows" n'est-ce pas?

And yes, it always takes longer to describe how to do something in a GUI, because you have to describe what to do, not just say what to type. For non-computer-geek users, the GUI is both more intuitive and easier to handle than any command-line application. Hell, even a geek like me wishes there were *more* GUI applications. I would have loved to be able to drag and drop an OU from one domain to another in Active Directory instead of typing out the simple, easy-to-remember command line "movetree /start /s vicious.secretsquirrel.com /d tessa.cpi.secretsquirrel.com /sdn OU=IS,DC=secretsquirrel,DC=com /rdn OU=IS,DC=cpi,DC=secretsquirrel,DC=com /u mhuculak /p *

Especially since if you put the "com" in anything but all lower-case--or make a typo--the command fails, producing a movetree.err file that's completely filled with gibberish.

Yes, of course, typo-ridden, cryptic command lines are much easier for everybody to deal with, not just hardcore, DOS-nostalgic, chest-thumping Linux geeks. Especially since you can easily expect everyone to remember the full syntax of about 32 trillion different commands, that's much easier than a GUI that's filled from top to bottom with visual cues to help those who can't memorize the information stored in such volumes as "Linux System Administration: A Beginner's Guide" (639 pages) or "Linux Secrets" (974 pages)

I've said it before, I'll say it again: Linux is a very nice toy for geeks. It is most emphatically not for everyone. But of course, it'll be ignored again, because it's trendy and popular to slam Microsoft for the unforgivable crime of being succesful

EDIT: Yeah, I know I used to be pretty pro-Linux, too. Know what happened to change that? I got an education. First, I blindly accepted what Microsoft told me because I was a DOS user and it's all I knew. Then, I blindly accepted everything that the Linux community told me because I saw some ways in which Linux was better. Then I got an education and started looking at things for myself, and the FACTS are that Microsoft is better in some things and Linux in others, and it's almost a duty to debunk the FUD being spread by both sides.