renzev@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoAlmost as annoying as the windows evangelistslemmy.worldimagemessage-square276fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down129
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minus-square5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 days agoSoftware would be more useful if every end-user program has both GUI and minimal TUI modules, as in Dolphin vs cp, mv etc. Why? GUI: Year of the Linux smartphone TUI: Automation, scripting.
minus-squareTwilightKiddy@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoTUI is a subset of GUI that uses text in a terminal to render UI elements. It does not make automation any easier. What you want is called CLI.
Software would be more useful if every end-user program has both GUI and minimal TUI modules, as in Dolphin vs cp, mv etc.
Why?
GUI: Year of the Linux smartphone
TUI: Automation, scripting.
TUI is a subset of GUI that uses text in a terminal to render UI elements. It does not make automation any easier. What you want is called CLI.