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There is a way to get genuine help from a Linux forum.

Say "Fuck this, I'm going back to Windows".

I guess you could say Linux fanboys' silliness is...

...terminal.

I swear it feels like for a lot of the things I do on Linux there's a GUI app for it, but then if I wanna do something as basic as adjust my fan speed I gotta use the freaking terminal.

Like it's always at the worst possible time.

Edit: I’ve installed a distro on my gaming PC that I really liked, used it on my laptop. Sensors and fans were fully supported. Did not work at all on my PC so I told it to fuck off. It’s just too much of a pain to set up.

Who need GUI apps when you can do these things on CLI:

• view image: imcat my-image.png
• watch video, even YouTube: mpv --vo=tct "https://youtube.com/watch?v=BBJa32lCaaY"
• browse the web using modern Firefox engine: browsh
• listen to your Spotify playlists: spt play --name "Your Playlist" --playlist --random

and perhaps many more I'm not currently aware of...

And remember kids, if it is a command, you can automate it and never do it again.

IMO it's not even a Windows vs GNU/Linux debate (although yeah, maybe more of the users of the latter would be familiar with the CLI), it's about using the right tool for the job. Image or video editing? Good luck even starting to do anything without a mouse. Installing something? Yup, even on Windows I'd prefer doing scoop install foobar2000 instead of opening a store app or a website.

I use CLI daily for git and nano, but it's far from necessary for the average user. I'm not sure why some people want to propagate the idea that Linux is hard when it's just a little different than what most people are used to.

This seems like something a Linux elitist would say

Terminal is great until you paste a command from an online tutorial and it doesn't do what it is suppose to.

Hey, stop bashing linux:)

If there is a well written manual or a wiki im fine with using terminal programs.

If you're bored, you can visualize a rotating GUI in your mind. It's free and nobody can stop you.

At the current time this seems kind of untrue. There are many GUI Applications in the repos, which provide alternatives or are wrappers for existing CLI applications. - Perfect for people who dont yet feel comfortable working with programms purely in a terminal.

I think the only reason Windows users are afraid of terminals is that they're not used to them. They're not that bad. Most terminal programs have a -(-)help command that shows you what you can do as well, in case you get stuck.

Why do you need a gui for a timer? Just use sleep number && mpv someMusic.mp3

As a Windows Infrastructure admin, I love this one.... and some of the responses. Perfect.

/crys in PowerShell

I used to be a user that was all about the terminal, but then i realized that gui apps have advantages

ubuntu unity user: oh yes we do

You can see the characters in the terminal what more do you want?

How much do you think you're going to be using it?

Just this once.

This is only Arch by the way. Most distros have pretty good forums

Hello noobs! I'll let you in on a secret. Pros use command line interface (CLI) both on Linux and on Windows for a lot of tasks. You know why? Because it's easier. Be like the pros, choose the easy path, use CLI!

Forget gui, I just want to git clone something and then type the name of the application I cloned into a command and have it run. None of this infinite searching for dependencies that didn't get installed with the initial run dependency installer.

Agreed but it is easy to copy paste terminal commands.

Honestly having such easy access to cli tools is very nice for when you want to work on a machine that doesn’t have a gpu

...I mean... he is not wrong.

#yearofthelinuxdesktop

arandr is the only GUI settings I insist on using.

eh, the cli is easier to use, anyway

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bash noob

Shells offer a significantly faster and more powerful way of running programs when you know how to use them. The "helpful" Windows user is kneecapping the noob by offering a shiny but limiting GUI. Once you get a grasp of basic command line tools, you'll wonder why you bothered with pointing and clicking stuff.