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  • On Windows, I used to install stuff using winget install whatever.

    Waiting for the MS Store to load was a freaking anxiety needle injected into my veins. Unacceptable.

    Bazaar on the other hand, it’s glorious. Blazing fast. So, I go with a GUI.

    Also, there are tools like pandoc, ghostscript, caddy, imagemagick, and a gazillion others that are very powerful and quicker to do their job than waiting for a GUI to load.

    And then, sometimes, there’s just no other way. Maybe it’s part of installing or updating something, or stuff like that. But a casual will either wait for a GUI, or just not do that.

    I don’t think using the terminal is aspirational, it’s practical and it’s value is clear.