• MossBear@lemmy.world
    211·
    1 年前

    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.

      • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
        41·
        1 年前

        My brother used to constantly try to tell me this. I don’t know how many times I had to compare number of keystrokes to number of clicks before he finally admitted GUI programs are easier even if you already know exactly what you’re doing.

        • IDatedSuccubi@lemmy.world
          5·
          1 年前

          It very highly depends on the application

          For something used daily that’s more or less true

          For something that needs very complex configuration like specific ffmpeg transcoding rules and cmake build files - you’d have menus that are 5-10 pages long and full of super detailed selections and forms, while in reality you’d only want to switch on or off one thing, so it would be easier just to write the command

          When I made my small game engine I had a second window full of settings that I could change dymamicaly. After like 2 months of work it was so full of settings it was very hard to navigate even with all subdivisions and layouts properly made

          Also, GUI apps often lack specific or new settings for the terminal app they’re built on

  • KSP Atlas@sopuli.xyz
    12·
    1 年前

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

  • Graphine@lemmy.world
    8·
    1 年前

    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.

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      3·
      1 年前

      There’s coreCTRL for AMD and apparently nvidia-setting for Nvidia?

      AMD GPUs got more tools due to them being open source, while Nvidia’s isn’t and you are beholden to Nvidia bothering to implement support, which they often don’t.

      Also, idk if I would call fan curves that basic, haha. For the vast majority the default curve is sufficient.

    • MajorHavoc@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 年前

      I feel that in my bones.

      If I need to do something obscure, like organize your Magic: The Gathering card collection by artist, there’s a GUI on Linux for that.

      But if I want to adjust my monitor, I better break out the CLI!

    • Pastor Haggis@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 年前

      This is part of the reason I haven’t gone back to Linux for my gaming PC. I had zero desire to try to set a fan curve in the terminal.

    • nexussapphire@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 年前

      I like cooler control. I hate appimage but I’m on arch so it’s just a quick dive into the murky deep called the AUR.

    • Dnn@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 年前

      Not sure if you’re being sarcastic or serious. I’ve been using computers for decades and not once adjusted fan speeds, so that function doesn’t seem very basic to me.

      • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        1 年前

        When building a system yourself, setting up a custom curve is how you get the best balance between cooling and noise.

        I try to choose motherboards that support doing that in the bios, so I never have to worry about it on the OS level.

  • randon31415@lemmy.world
    61·
    1 年前

    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.

    • Hydroel@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 年前

      Exactly! Takes so much of the pain away. And you know what would be really useful? If those scripts were accessible easily through simple buttons or sliders on which you could click, or something like along those lines.

      • croobat@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 年前

        For basic functionality I agree, but I don’t think any dev would put the time and effort to implement buttons (much less pipe into another totally different software) for my extremely specific use cases. In the command line I’m presented with a toolset where I can do so myself.

  • kamen@lemmy.world
    52·
    1 年前

    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.

  • Spooner@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 年前

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

    /crys in PowerShell

    • WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi
      3·
      1 年前

      powershell is pretty great for windows tbh. I use arch and i love python and shell scripts but on windows powershell gets shit done. PS is great for vmware too. There’s a lot of ‘microsoft bad’ that i agree with but powershell is not one of them.

      • Spooner@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 年前

        Oh for sure, if we didn’t have Powershell, I really would be crying,!

        Deploy reg fixes to 100s of machines? Check. Check hotfix install status? Check. Audit local admin group members? Check.

        Even our PE build environment is all run off a Posh script.

  • Coeus@coeus.sbs
    42·
    1 年前

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