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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)

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[–] sunshine@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I use the terminal because text errors are much easier to parse, research, and discuss than GUI error states.

also, it looks nicer than most GUIs, because of the great color schemes and CLI app designs that people make for us.

also I use the fish shell and emacs and I have a lot of custom scripts I've built over the years, so my user experience is a delight, and my automation capabilities are greater than they would be if I preferred GUI-based solutions.