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But you’re still limited by the designer of that shell? Or userspace? Or kernel? Or cpu architecture? I mean, how deep should you go before «it’s however YOU wa
by kalx 6d ago
But you’re still limited by the designer of that shell? Or userspace? Or kernel? Or cpu architecture? I mean, how deep should you go before «it’s however YOU want»?
- ryuuseijin 6d agoThere are some really powerful UIs that are extremely flexible, like spreadsheets, or ComfyUI, or certain issue trackers. On the whole however I would say they all still are mostly their own interaction silos and integrations with other programs have to be explicitly built for each app. The great thing about a shell is that you can glue together programs that don't know about each other. This is not a silver bullet, with shell programs being text oriented etc., but it does give rise to some powerful possibilities that don't really work with UIs.
- sire-vc 6d agoThis is the exact problem with the Unix greybeards smug nature: no matter how low level you go you are always on top of some abstractions. Criticising people just because they don't use your choice of tools is just elitism and leaves a bad taste. If someone uses a GUI to accomplish their goals that should be complimented not criticised.