NO GUI or GO FOR GUI? discussion. THEGUI 0.3.1 in LINUX

[nishandh M]

SUB: "TheGUI" is expected to provide a GUI mode operation for normally terminal based operations? any similiar applications? which is the most GUI-fied distro?

Hello! I stumbled upon http://aluigi.org/mytoolz.htm(has TheGUI in it, no documentation found yet) while searching for something else.

it states:
"THEGUI is an almost universal front-end for many command-line programs which works on both Windows and Linux because it uses the GTK+ library.
it has been successfully tested also with programs like nmap, netcat, gcc, tidy, nasm, lame, curl, almost all my tools and many others.
it is also very easy to use and has tooltips so is enough to keep the mouse pointer over a button to know what it does.


my problem: Suffering from severe TerminaloPhobia :) I am prone to haevy allergic reaction to Black screens with white Fixedsys text and a blinking Insertion point at the end. Suffers from tremor raections when verbosing is not active in the screen. Seems to be less susceptible when TerminaloManiacs are available in Vodafone connection.My exact problem is lack of ability in byhearting syntax.especially long combinations of <spaces> and < \ - / > and very short aliases like -xvf -s -apt -v....[their meanings too], running to some thousands i suppose... Being aware that i am professionaly in biology field, most often failing to reach the targets assigned, prevents me in motivating myself too much in understanding how linux works.

Questions simplified:
1)Which is the most GUI-fied, yet equally proficient distro.
atleast with an installer program, which lets me install a program in individual steps. like extracting to a folder, installing to another(not preferrably of my choice), select other input parameters (select/type input parameters from screen,with visual hints provided, and not type from memmory)

2)Is there any point in saying that GUI is not as advisable as depending on text files with manually editable settings? I think a GUI provides a visaully more userfriendly FrontEnd, sends input to a terminal,and displays messages back from the terminal. what exactlymakes such GUIs not available in GNU/Linux? (especially in program installation and uninstallation) i tried versions like synaptic, succeded in 'making visible' a working shortcut to VLC player on my desktop 'as in magic' without any hint of what was happening, or any possible customisations, as it can be done in Windows (or better) ReactOS. and i have not yet succesfully installed Cinelerra video editor.

3) if TheGUI is going to solve my problem, kindly post if any bugs / good links to bug resolving, known to you,that i can prevent myself from reinventing bugs.

4) If there is no choice avilable, can somebody consider the following as his MSc project;it would be very helpful.
"A program which interprets error messages from terminal[atleast a set of the most common applications], explains it and offers possible remedies that can be manually executed and also providing relevent links in the web" Please do not recommend Googling, page relevency/ranking of Google is atleast sometimes HORRIBLE especially for begginers. I mean a program which can be insatlled, and works in a system even without internet connection.It may have a terminal of its own, if grabbing from a fast terminal is not possible. also should provide tarumatic messages like "the step you commit could force you learn Brail script" if its gonna through granades at the butiful galsses of Xwindows :) it is also permitted to (audibly only) bark or kiss. i am ready to try graphics for it, if something of this kind is felt as a necessity.

thanking you in advance, and sorry for posting personal stories, i was just trying to represent the thought process of a minority class in the mailing list - the Non-Expert users of Linux...and my motivation had been the feddback from the common people ( fruit stall vendors to doctors), in just the few hours spend at FSUG stall, Xplore 2010.