Since Kubuntu 9.04 I've always thought of myself as a ...

[GreyGeek]

GUI type guy. This video convinced me that I wasn't the GUI type guy I thought I was.
I counted and found that I used 43 of the 50 CLI commands he shows how to use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtqBQ68cfJc

[Fred47]

I rarely use the command line, especially going to Kubuntu a little over a year ago. When I do I have to dig out my book "Cheapbytes: Linux Commands" to get the syntax right.

[Qqmike]

I am definitely a GUI guy, all the way (almost). But still I quickly (and probably inaccurately) counted at least 33 * from his list * that I have used; but I have used many more than he lists; and, in fact, fwiw, wrote this for beginners (in our How-To section here):

Commands at Konsole: Beginners
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/...sole-beginners

Still, since I am 99%+ a GUI guy, I don't consider his list to be qualifying or disqualifying for anything 🤔 🤣

[chimak111]

GUI type guy. This video convinced me that I wasn't the GUI type guy I thought I was.
I counted and found that I used 43 of the 50 CLI commands he shows how to use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtqBQ68cfJc

Nice! Thanks for posting. Currently, I'm looking for a dummy's guide to jq.
Edit: going with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSn_38gDvzM for starters.

[jglen490]

Actually, if you are a Linux user, it is wise to use the tools that you have for the work you want to, or need to do. So GUI is a tool, CLI is a tool. Use them both to the extent that you want to, or need to.

I boot to a GUI and always have a konsole open. They do not conflict, but rather complement. As an example, when I do a data backup, I copy commands from a text file opened in Kate from Dolphin, and paste the commands into a konsole. Dolphin remains open with a split view of the directory where the text file is and the directory of the backup target which auto-mounted at /media/john/<target usb drive>. It all works together.

[GreyGeek]

"complement" I like that, I'll go with it!

jq looks VERY interesting! I run into json files a lot with Minecraft and other apps. Thanks for the heads up!

[oshunluvr]

I definitely more of a CLI guy, at least for system level work. I use Yakuake more than any other single app on my machine. I also have Konsole configured to open as a large, unmovable window filing a third of my screen for when I'm doing something more complex than a one-liner.

The dark part on the far right is Konsole

[jlittle]

I prefer a GUI when there's one that will do what I want... unfortunately, this is only some of the time. I use konsole + zsh a great deal, and have a launcher that can start a konsole in seven different text colours, so I can tell them apart, each with its own history and logging. For work I use .desktop files to open specific konsole profiles at specified positions in various working directories.

For servers, it's CLI most of the time, but I do use dolphin with remote locations sometimes.