Re: "command line tool with gui front is the unix way"
"Linux is not and does not want to be a desktop O/S"
I'm not sure what Linux wants, but Linus himself had said that his goal was always to make a desktop OS. The fact that Linux has made so little progress in that direction Linus has also said that he feels that it is a personal failing of his. Although I'm sure Linux success in other areas is a great comfort to Linus just the same.