No CLI on HP Mini Mi Netbook >:(

Nope, I’m not dead yet! Time to break my blog vacation once and for all It seems HP has just released their Linux netbook today, the HP Mini Mi.  It’s really just a modified version of Ubuntu, given a slick and easy interface for the Average Joe. The tech specs is not bad either. There’s one cleveat though… the CLI (command-line interface a.k.a command prompt) is disabled > : ( WTF HP?! Your’e killing one of the very essence of using Linux! I know that the Mini Mi is intended for masses, but having the CLI enabled anyway doesn’t hinder user-friendliness. Mac OS X, for example, is pretty easy to use, but you can use the CLI (Terminal). Add to that, I’m SO sick of the “I’m scared of the command line” rhetoric, it’s SO used up!  The CLI is your best friend, it’s not your enemy. The stuck-up “I’m used to Windows” mentality IS. If you’re going to buy a Mini Mi, just wipe the hard drive clean and install any Linux distro on it, it will do you some justice…