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[–] hlqxz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In my opinion some tasks are better from the terminal some tasks are better from the GUI

[–] beigegull@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you figure out how to do something in the terminal, you've got an 80% chance of that technique still working in a decade. If you learn how to do it in the GUI, your chances in a decade are more like 10%.

[–] Raphael@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

How's that time machine construction going, what year are you going to jump into?

[–] TheRealBoner@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed. I tried to avoid using virt-manager for my vm’s.. I get that it is more powerful from terminal, but man is it a lot of information to learn how to communicate.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do all my photo editing from a terminal.

[–] Blackilykat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

how does that work? and what do you use?

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Manually write each bit.

[–] lanolinoil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Blackilykat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

thanks! I'm surprised I didn't know about it before, will definitely try getting used to it. looks like a huge time saver