From 41c0626a5abad7d44aae1991ecfa5462ce2447fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ari Archer Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:37:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update @ Mon 20 Dec 19:37:12 EET 2021 --- .../blogs/Guis-are-useless_4816713057.html | 102 ++++++++++++++++++ page/blog/index.html | 13 ++- page/blog/index.md | 1 + 3 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 page/blog/blogs/Guis-are-useless_4816713057.html diff --git a/page/blog/blogs/Guis-are-useless_4816713057.html b/page/blog/blogs/Guis-are-useless_4816713057.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6432a93 --- /dev/null +++ b/page/blog/blogs/Guis-are-useless_4816713057.html @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ + + + + + + + + Ari::web -> Blog + + + + + + +
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+ GUIs are useless +

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+ 2021-12-20 19:34:03 EET | + + back + + | + + home + + | + + git + +

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+ GUIs are useless. They are usually an unnecessary abstraction over simple things. Not even a +lightweight one. +

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+ Take for example DMs (display managers), they are just a bloated, useless and annoying +abstractions over a simple TTY login. They don't even have proper logging or error reporting and you get no TTY or just a shell +to debug in, you just get logged out with no logs, error reporting nor a shell. +

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+ Most things you do in a GUIs is easily achieved in the CLI, like idk, managing files. +With a GUI it's more complicated, for example in a GUI: +

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+ While with the CLI you can just: +

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+ GUIs are not easier in any way, they are useless, bloated garbage which is unnecessary for + + most + + things +

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+ CLI is also much much much smaller, less complicated and more lightweight, where GUIs are not. +And now on the topic of being lightweight, why are GUIs so heavy??? They're supposed to be +just simple abstractions over the CLI and not computer 823284327942th number of the +Fibonacci sequence every second. +

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+ GUIs are unnecessary as hell, that's why my goal is to go full TTY, but I still haven't found +a good solution to firefox for example. +

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+ + + diff --git a/page/blog/index.html b/page/blog/index.html index 1df70a9..aebbe2c 100644 --- a/page/blog/index.html +++ b/page/blog/index.html @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ My blogs - Last updated on: 2021-12-06 20:42:58 EET + Last updated on: 2021-12-20 19:34:03 EET
diff --git a/page/blog/index.md b/page/blog/index.md index 9a60e26..8b66fa6 100644 --- a/page/blog/index.md +++ b/page/blog/index.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ * [FOSS hardware -- the real low level creepyness of AMD and Intel](/page/blog/blogs/Foss-hardware----the-real-low-level-creepyness-of-amd-and-intel_9799156651.html) * [Providing LGBT education in school will not make your child LGBT](/page/blog/blogs/Providing-lgbt-education-in-school-will-not-make-your-child-lgbt_5214455203.html) * [Ideal software](/page/blog/blogs/Ideal-software_4494379800.html) +* [GUIs are useless](/page/blog/blogs/Guis-are-useless_4816713057.html)