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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 14:22:37 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Given the choice between using a graphical user interface (GUI) or a command-line interface (CLI) app for completing tasks on your #macOS, #Linux, #FreeBSD or Unix desktop, which would you prefer? Why?

   • surchaw (surchaw@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 14:25:01 JST surchaw

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     @nixCraft

     cli. it's better. it's faster. it's efficient. period.

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 14:25:01 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     @surchaw for me piping make cli always better (foo | bar > output)

   • LeftOfKarlMarx (leftofkarlmarx@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 14:30:13 JST LeftOfKarlMarx

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     Do you use a screwdriver or a hammer when completing tasks in your workshop?

   • AndrewFelix 🐀🏴‍☠️ 🇵🇸 (andrewfelix@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 14:47:01 JST AndrewFelix 🐀🏴‍☠️ 🇵🇸

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     @nixCraft frankly navigating directories sucks without a gui

   • Mr Robot (the_robot@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 15:08:15 JST Mr Robot

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     @nixCraft GUI because I am dumb

   • kudu (notkudu@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 15:11:49 JST kudu

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     @nixCraft GUI cuz I mainly use a tablet and I really don'y like the on screen keyboard, but ofc it depends what task it is, like I prefer to update my system using the terminal but I don't want to edit an image using a cli tool lol

   • nulll (nulll@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 15:55:24 JST nulll

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     @nixCraft to me it depends on how often I use the app and how complex it is

   • Tavian C. Lirette (tavian_c_lirette@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 17:26:02 JST Tavian C. Lirette

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     @nixCraft My only FreeBSD desktop is a PS4... it doesn't give me much of a choice when it comes to the interface. Command line on PS4 sounds hella sick, though.

   • Harm (flipsels@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 17:27:56 JST Harm

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     @nixCraft Depends on the task you have to perform. I'm used to work cli only on remote systems, but sometimes a gui is better, esp. when working on graphs and trends

   • Lucas Janin (lucas3d@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 19:35:01 JST Lucas Janin

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     @nixCraft GUI on #macos for my desktop but CLI on my multiple #linux #debian in my #homelab

   • SilentMobius (silentmobius@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 20:08:07 JST SilentMobius

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     @nixCraft It depends on the detail of the task, I might make a lot of CAD models in Fusion but also spend a lot of time in Openscad for some projects. Also there's the question of task that need quick visual feedback. Is there a tool that acts as a plugin-able viewer that can receive data from a pipe, with progressive rendering that handles premature closing of pipes. Something that could display tabular data, PDFs, images, HTML, 3D models, sound, or just a A hex dump

   • Blakeyrat (blakeyrat@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 21:52:27 JST Blakeyrat

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     @nixCraft Guessing there's a Linux penguin on your account name I'm guessing the answer is CLI CLI CLI CLI CLI! But if that's your answer that means the only "tasks" you're doing consist of munging text around.

     You're not making music, you're not editing video, you're not creating paintings. You're not doing any of the great amazing things people SHOULD be doing on computers.

     So there's really only one answer for a well-rounded human being.

   • lemgandi (lemgandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2024 23:29:32 JST lemgandi

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     @nixCraft CLI. SO much easier. And I type =~80 WPM.

   • Erik “Lacraia” Magnusson (lacraia@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jun-2024 17:21:43 JST Erik “Lacraia” Magnusson

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     @nixCraft when I’m in GUI land I want my programs to be controllable via the keyboard.

   • Turbo Normie (turbonormie@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jun-2024 18:01:42 JST Turbo Normie

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     @nixCraft GUI because I don't feel the need to look up thousands of command switches to achieve what I want to do