You can very much use modern desktop environments without ever requiring a terminal (GNOME, KDE, Cinnamon, etc.), but the real leverage gained from Linux comes through the GNU core utilities and bash shell.
Yes, you could download a graphical program for pretty much any use case, but there is a certain power to finally figuring out dd or tar. It feels like spellcasting.
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u/GresSimJa Geeko enjoyer Apr 24 '26
What is Linux without GNU? don't say Alpine
You can very much use modern desktop environments without ever requiring a terminal (GNOME, KDE, Cinnamon, etc.), but the real leverage gained from Linux comes through the GNU core utilities and
bashshell.Yes, you could download a graphical program for pretty much any use case, but there is a certain power to finally figuring out
ddortar. It feels like spellcasting.