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minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoCLI can be good. The benefit of CLI is that it is fairly easy to build GUI front ends on top of a solid based. Not to mention CLI makes “quick fixes” easier.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoSure it can be. It’s also a huge hurdle for any potential users.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoUnless you use the GUI that is built on the CLI
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoThat’s what a lot of GUI apps are. They either call the CLI program directly or make calls to a library provided by or for CLI. Compare that to a GUI focused OS like Windows were the GUI is built into the low level architecture.
CLI can be good. The benefit of CLI is that it is fairly easy to build GUI front ends on top of a solid based.
Not to mention CLI makes “quick fixes” easier.
Sure it can be. It’s also a huge hurdle for any potential users.
Unless you use the GUI that is built on the CLI
Huh?
That’s what a lot of GUI apps are. They either call the CLI program directly or make calls to a library provided by or for CLI.
Compare that to a GUI focused OS like Windows were the GUI is built into the low level architecture.