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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Microsoft causes learned helplessness (lemmy.sdf.org)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not to say this is gospel truth or anything. It's just why I virtually always prefer a command line over a GUI. (Within reason.)

GUIs almost always hides/obfuscates/abstracts things that are going on under the hood in a way that text doesn't.
Anything I can do from a Bash terminal, I can automate pretty trivially. (Or even just press "up" and then "enter" to quickly redo it a second time.)
Pointing devices feel awkward and imprecise for a lot of operations. Pretty great for FPSs. Sometimes a necessary evil for image editing. Slow and sucky for setting a boolean value or putting your text cursor between two specific characters in a paragraph of text.
It's good to be able to use a terminal when your GUI's broken or frozen. Ctrl+alt+f2 or if even that doesn't work, ssh in from another box (or your phone).
It's a lot easier to paste a Bash one-liner into a chat or text file than describe a series of mouse clicks.
You learn a lot using Bash that you don't learn using GUIs. And that can come in handy.