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Also even when just using Windows, it's frustrating how the ecosystem convention seems to be to launch a heavy program with an idiosyncratic GUI to do any simpl
by didntcheck 3y ago
Also even when just using Windows, it's frustrating how the ecosystem convention seems to be to launch a heavy program with an idiosyncratic GUI to do any simple file -> file transformation. And half the time these trivial apps are proprietary free/shareware nagging you to "upgrade" for features like "not arbitrarily restricted to 10 files". Luckily a lot of the command line tools I use on Linux will run on Windows, it's just that few people bother due to an irrational fear of the command line
- pipo234 3y agoOr how about all those windows 99% CLI programs that once in a silver moon decide to bother the user with a pop-up "Are you sure Y/N?". You find these on billboard, kiosks, payment terminals, ATMs. Or try running a simple Java tool on headless Windows using Jenkins agent or cygwin SSH and you'll discover how horribly bad relying on a GUI can be. Or: how about automatically launching a MacOS VM on VMWare and setting up a VPN tunnel after a restart power outage without a mouse, keyboard and display. Should work in theory, but in practice never gets beyond most of the time.