I like a good GUI when I'm having to deal with something I'm not all that familiar with or it's something I have to do so infrequently it's not worth automating. CLIs become useful the moment either of the previous two statements no longer apply.
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Everyone else is like: is it git checkout -b or git branch --set-upstream-to?
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Thats allowed.
So Nano then!?
Someone finally said it! I admire your courage. o7
I love GUIs, TUI and CLI, there are use cases for all three
Nothing wrong with a GUI. There's a reason they exist and have mostly replaced TUIs, with the exception of some developer / power user tools. It's significantly easier to discover features in a GUI compared to a CLI or TUI for example. The UX can be far richer.
CLI tools are easier to make due to the simplified UX, but I'm hoping that something we see as a result of increased AI usage is that programs that should be GUI apps are actually built as such, rather than complex CLI or TUI ones.
I like guis for being introduced to software, and clis for stuff im already familiar with. They're both fun to say though, so you wont catch me disrespecting either.
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MXLinux, AntiX, Stratos
Are the first three distros that sprang to mind.
And then OpenSuse
GUIs are great for ad-hoc stuff, but fail when you need a precise record of what you did, e.g. to be able to repeat or automate it.
i'm still waiting for the perfect checks community gui. for the perfect gui.
Me too. CLI is nice to have if Iβm really familiar with something and just want to tell it exactly what to do. The rest of the time a GUI is best.
I like having the choice.
I like TUI's