Comment by rsync

4 days ago

"No CLI required to install software"

This seems very odd ... a quick one-liner install process is by far the simplest and most efficient way to install a piece of software ...

What other fragility and unnecessary complexity comes along with graphical installation tools ?

Is this a pain point for non-technical users you might prepare this system for ? Who do you have in mind when you specify this ?

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theragra  4 days ago

It is not simpler, if you don't know the exact magic line that does it for the specific application. GUI tools allow for easy and convenient search.

  • megous  4 days ago

    Easy and convenient is highly subjective and context dependent. Thankfully GUI tools exist for people who find that convenient.

the__alchemist  4 days ago

Perhaps this exercise will help. You are new to a given piece of software.

  A: There is a UI with 2 buttons. How many degrees of freedom is that?
  B: There is a text prompt, which accepts any number of unicode characters. How many degrees is that?