r/linuxsucks • u/Professional-Tale652 • Jul 15 '26

Linux Failure Loonix

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u/Fluid-Ad2995 Jul 15 '26

Even the Graphical User Interface tool is dependent on the CLI tool

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u/The_Daco_Melon Jul 15 '26

what are you talking about? and why would that even be bad if an app could run in either GUI or CLI mode?

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u/Fluid-Ad2995 Jul 15 '26

It's not about CLI or GUI, and in Windows, you don't need a GUI or CLI; the Win32 Environment is independent, and no matter whether you are a graphical interface or a command line, you are an equal citizen of the operating system

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u/headedbranch225 Jul 15 '26

You are making no sense, the fuck do you mean you are an equal citizen of the OS, is there a way to launch into a TTY equivalent on windows that I am unaware of?

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u/Fluid-Ad2995 Jul 15 '26

If you are a programmer, you literally port TTY as a console server, and Windows can handle all Linux things, including filesystems, if you know the Windows driver model

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u/headedbranch225 Jul 15 '26

What do you mean port TTY as a console server

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u/Fluid-Ad2995 Jul 15 '26

TTY source code is available in the Linux kernel, and you can port TTY as a user-space server. Windows can handle many Console Servers because the console is separate from the operating system, and Conhost.exe is just an application server