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Can you use Linux today without the terminal?
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Unless you install fresh, run into NO issues. And basically do nothing but websurf, and basic functions, not likely.
Keep in mind, even IF something could be done by GUI, if you ask for help, 95% of the replies are immediately going to tell you to open CLI...
Remember Linux isn't an OS, it is a collection of 30+ different OSs that are mostly compatible.
That's 99% of what most people do.
To be fair, you'd find that with Windows too; someone telling you to run some command in Powershell or the prompt (even Start > Run).
Absolutely not stop lying.
I would disagree. Almost every Windows tutorial I found for problems told me how to go through the UI. It was even hard to find tutorials for CLI at times because Windows doesn't provide good CLI tools for things like switching audio devices.
The first two thirds of this comment apply to any OS, most of all: windows. I would rather use a terminal any day than edit the registry to fix a basic issue I'm having 🤮
We're talking about normal people.
Normal people don't fix computer issues. They also don't install operating systems, so this is all a bit academic.
Exactly. Windows simps gonna simp.