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erronis

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14. The dreaded CLI! And things like vi/vim. Woe is me!

Reply to mike_c (Reply #13)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 03:53 PM

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I have to admit that trying to remember 50-100 common linux/DOS commands and their thousands of parameters is scary.

I simple GUI for the top 80% use cases helps, but trying to hide the CLI totally in complicated apps is degrading.

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