If I want to install something, I can either do “dnf install [program name]” or “flatpak install [program name]”. Same goes for when I want to remove a program. And for flatpak at least, I typed ONE WORD from a game I was uninstalling because I didn’t remember to exact tag and flatpak asked me “do you want to install [full tag of game]? y/n” like HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE THAT IS SO CONVENIENT

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    One of the things that first made me fall in love with the cli was how fast doing things like this was. GUIs are hard, and can crash or use up resources for all sorts of different reasons wholly unrelated to the primary task you are trying to accomplish. Once I got over the learning curve of using the cli (and to be fair I’m still in the process of getting truly comfortable with it) I was able to do things so much faster and with less frustration.

    Of course, I also don’t want to neglect that it’s not just a matter of the command line but just how good Linux is in this regard. Windows has a command line too and I hate using that thing.

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      Using the terminal to install programs is much faster than both the Microsoft and GNOME store!