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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It has always just felt a lot faster than navigating through a GUI. I suppose at the end of the day this is entirely dependant on how well designed the GUI is. Should I type in one command I have memorized or navigate through multiple sub pages?

It is also just what I am used to maybe

[–] flork@lemy.lol 1 points 5 months ago

I see. For me, the step of memorization is time-consuming, especially for a program I only need on rare occasions and for simple tasks.