I know we all enjoy being nerds and using commands (H4ckerman). But now that everything is either a gui or web based, is there really any use to terminal commands?

For example, on windows I never used powershell or cmd hardly ever. I realize now I probably could have. But Linux just drives me to use it more, which i like anyway (because let’s be honest, it makes us feel superior)

  • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    this, I hate using GUIs - they’re slow and inconvenient in so many ways

    also, terminal commands can be thrown in a script to easily automate or schedule tasks, unlike all that manual clicking in a GUI

    • medem@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      Exactly. I always joke, even at work, that if I was a dictator, I would be a pretty eccentric one. Jailing political opponents? What a waste of time and energy. Repressing minorities? Couldn’t care less. Curtailing women’s rights? Nope. Centralising the economy and giving friends and family juicy government-backed contracts? Nah, that’s not me. But I WOULD make EVERYONE work from the command line lest they’re willing to die at the stake.