because GUI can vary over time (or Linux distros) much more than terminal commands edit: ChatGPT talked me recently through Linux Mint installation on two old

because GUI can vary over time (or Linux distros) much more than terminal commands edit: ChatGPT talked me recently through Linux Mint installation on two old laptops I have at home where Mint didn't detect existing Windows installation (which I wanted to keep), don't think anyone on Reddit or elsewhere would be as fast/patient as ChatGPT, it was mostly done by terminal commands, one computer was easy, the other had already 4 partitions and FAT32, so it took longer