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Can You Use Linux Without the Terminal? (How to Geek article)
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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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The real question is: "would you want to?"
The real question is "Why are people so scared of the terminal, when they're perfectly aware of and comfortable with cmd on windows?"
Are they?
Good question. Should be. Stuff as seemingly simple as converting a couple dozen text documents to pdf requires it if you don't want to sit around for an hour, clicking away. Many such examples.