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Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

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Subject Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?
Date Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:10:01 +0100
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:35:09 -0700
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> wrote:

> 
> IMHO computer systems should be ugly and boring.  Ugly, as in lacking
> all the eye candy that gets in the way, and boring as in just doing
> what you want without unpleasant surprises.
> 
> Short answer: Not over my dead Teletype.
> 

I have to agree. This business of having to have a GUI for everything
is excessive. It's why long time admins typically go straight to the
command line, rather than enlisting the help of some mouse-and-window
whiz bang program.

Paul

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Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2023-03-24 18:10 +0100
  Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2023-03-24 20:10 +0100
  Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2023-03-24 21:10 +0100
  Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2023-03-24 22:00 +0100

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