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I, too, remember when Mac and windows came out and an entire generation would never use Unix because all they know is point and click.
by grepfru_it 3y ago
I, too, remember when Mac and windows came out and an entire generation would never use Unix because all they know is point and click.
- DiscourseFan 3y agoDoing everything from a terminal is cool and all and makes me feel like a hacker or something, but it's far easier to just click around tbh, and then have the option of using the terminal if I want to.
- root_axis 3y agoOf course it's easier, that's why it's the most popular form of computer interface, however what it gains in ease of use it sacrifices in efficiency and precision. Conversely, a CLI is completely opaque to the uninitiated, but it is far more efficient than clicking around an arbitrary sequence of windows/tabs/menus.
- grepfru_it 3y agoTo be fair in the early days of NT4 and part of NT5, there was very limited cli support. Especially for management of features such as Active Directory