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Windows 8 Features With Linux Antecedents
itwbennett writes "As details about new features in Windows 8 started to be discussed in the Building 8 blog and bandied about in Linux/Windows forums, Linux users were quick to chime in with a hearty 'Linux had that first' — even for things that were just a natural evolution, like native support for USB 3.0. So ask not 'did Linux have this first', but 'does Windows 8 do it better?'"
Why would I bother to have a terminal open when I can use something like Windows Explorer? Oh, right, you are using Linux and I am using Windows where I don't need to open a terminal for mundane tasks.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
It should if you want to be considered proficient.
Why? What is so damn bloody amazing about the CLI that means I'm not proficient if I can do the same task in a GUI? Why should I be considered proficient if I type "mkdir" as opposed to "right click > New Folder"? A basic example I know, but I can't think of a single thing I have done where I actually have needed to use the shell.
Configuring network devices? Drivers? Installing software? Removing viruses? Getting into the gritty registry? Setting up windows from scratch? How about setting up a VPN and getting remote desktop connections?
Hell the same can almost be said about Ubuntu and some other flavours of Linux these days. There's GUIs that mount / unmount filesystems and update fstab, control the startup of applications, configure your network devices, pretty much everything.
Common mention one thing that you NEED to do from a command line which can't be achieved either natively in windows or with some program? Show me how non-proficient I am, and that challenge goes out to the nerds who modded you insightful too.