Post #2152425
2026-04-11 12:06 UTC
@linux_mclinuxface
My ranking:
1) something declarative (Talos Linux)
2) command line tool
3) GUI
In specific circumstances the ranking can shift however, like a NAS where a GUI might be higher to increase normal users ability to configure things. So in other words it depends on the target audience.
But me personally I don't like TUI they are (for me) worse than Web based GUIs as those have URLs which can be directly navigated to. The only TUI I remember liking is actually raspi-config
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@linux_mclinuxface@fosstodon.org 2026-04-11 12:18
@jkoan the URL thing is an interesting strength. Describing how to use GUIs are a mess (“click this button in the upper right”… ugh ) and but URLs short circuit that problem somewhat. TUIs have key combos but that’s far from perfect.