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> What's with the hacker community and their obsession with a terminal emulator? I spend a lot of time ssh’ed into other computers where there is no gui. I of
by 0x20cowboy 4y ago
> What's with the hacker community and their obsession with a terminal emulator?
I spend a lot of time ssh’ed into other computers where there is no gui.
I often tell new devs that there are different formats for computer programs, just like with media.
1. One dimensional, text only
2. Two dimensional desktop
3. Three dimensional VR / AR, etc
Just like audio, video and physical immersive art, having one that exists doesn’t make the others invalid, bad, or useless. You need to pick the right format for the job.
If you’re doing “low level” things one dimensional is often the most useful - which, I think, is why the hacker community prefers terminal based.
(not to mention you can often view lower dimensional things in higher dimensions, but not the other way around (something like running a terminal in VR vs VR in a terminal))