So long as you're unwilling to learn, very simple things will forever elude you.
> I don't see any benefit to all of that over having a button marked "make keys" which just gets me set up so I can use github.
It's not that the form has any strong benefit in itself, it's that if you understand what is going on, which is required for security, the text form is in no way mysterious, complicated, or intimidating. The GUI isn't fixing anything, it's just masking a serious problem with the user.
I also like being told where semi-automated processes are placing critical files on my filesystem. I'm surprised that annoys you.
> I also like being told where semi-automated processes are placing critical files on my filesystem. I'm surprised that annoys you.
No, it really doesn't annoy me. I'm very happy for you to use git from the command line. I use git from the command line and don't intend to use this new GUI. It would be no good to me anyway, as I use linux.
However, I get the feeling that you are annoyed that other people might want to have a full automated process, and not care where the critical files are being placed.
As time goes by I feel one of the most important things is to reduce the amount of work it takes for people to get started with something, particular because I have wasted so much time on it. Did I waste the time I spent getting started with git? vim? python? Not at all.
Did I waste the time I spent getting started with emacs? ruby on rails? mercurial? FreeBSD? Arch Linux? screen? To be honest yes. Each of these things, in their own way, had an annoying and non-user friendly setup and start, and I've since stopped using them and don't believe the skills were transferable. While I enjoy learning things, sometimes I just want to get started. Also, sometimes I want to get many collegues, who are less computer literate but still experts in their own fields, started.
Then they cannot use the system safely and should walk away.
> I still have no idea what the 'randomart' images are about.
First result for "ssh randomart" in Google:
http://superuser.com/questions/22535/what-is-randomart-produ...
So long as you're unwilling to learn, very simple things will forever elude you.
> I don't see any benefit to all of that over having a button marked "make keys" which just gets me set up so I can use github.
It's not that the form has any strong benefit in itself, it's that if you understand what is going on, which is required for security, the text form is in no way mysterious, complicated, or intimidating. The GUI isn't fixing anything, it's just masking a serious problem with the user.
I also like being told where semi-automated processes are placing critical files on my filesystem. I'm surprised that annoys you.