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The main reason why a command line may be preferred to a GUI is that issuing of commands can be very quick for a user who knows the commands well. Also, it takes much less system resources to run a command line interface.

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It is usually faster, as it doesn't need to visualize a whole lot.

However, GUIs are more user friendly.

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When you use server-type operating systems, and when some options are not available using graphical interface. Sometimes it's faster to do something in the command line then graphically.

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What software has two interfaces command line and GUI?

Many operating systems provide both a command line and a GUI interface. Windows, for instance, is obviously a GUI, however cmd.exe provides access to the underlying command line interface.


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A graphical user interface, commonly abbreviate gui, means there is a visible screen that the user can look at with pictures and such. A command line is just a black background with white typing. There is no mouse or clicking. Its all just code. Go the gui is much easier to use and much more user friendly


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Why GUI not used in UNIX?

A GUI can be used in Unix (in fact, several). Most power users don't use the GUI because it can be too limiting. The power of what you can do in Unix is at the command line, not using a GUI to click on buttons. Of course, this could be said about most operating systems; the GUI is there for user convenience but most administrators use the command line for most of their work.


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What does a terminal emulator allow you to do from GUI that you would not be able to do without one?

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