Really? Anyone who wanted the CLI has had plenty of choices of various operating systems and distributions over the years. Ubuntu's strength is that it's useab

Really? Anyone who wanted the CLI has had plenty of choices of various operating systems and distributions over the years. Ubuntu's strength is that it's useable and installable with a minimum amount of CLI. That means there's less of a barrier to newbies and casual users. ("Real" users can use blinking LEDs and chorded keyboards instead of fancy GUI cheats...)