Like at all? You don’t ever need a command to install/update drivers, repos, packages, software in general, change settings deep in the OS, fix hardware issues, read logs, create accounts, …
Because all those things you can do with a GUI in Windows. Even the registry is just a folder structure.
So the advantage of GUIs over CLIs is discoverability, right? But the processes for reading logs or fixing hardware issues in Windows are not really discoverable, you still have to search the net and learn, so what’s the difference? That the keyboard is scary?
I think most of these complaints are just borne of unfamiliarity.
But to answer your question, as a Bazzite user: definitely “I don’t know”. I’ve been using linux for years, it’s natural to me to just open the terminal for many things, therefore I’m not sure whether there are roadblocks to a 100% mouse usage, but to be honest, if all you do is use the browser, office suite and games, I’d say that yes, your need to resort to the terminal is almost zero.
You are asking for things most people don’t know how to handle on windows let alone Linux
install/update drivers/package/apps etc. Yes the discover app runs updates for every on the system
Change settings deep in the os: Yes, kde has an extensive settings app, kde monitor show you all the logs, kde settings allows you to create more user accounts.
Because Bazzite is an atomic distro changing things in the Linux version of the Windows registry is not possible, (unless you’re a developer this is a good thing).
The only family of distros I knew that could do all those things was OpenSuse thanks to YaST. Unfortunately they just sunset that tool without installing the new alternative “Cockpit” by default now, sooo… yeah.
A lot of the things you mentioned can be done via GUI like account management, software and such, but by far not everything. The only distro which got most of those covered I can think of would be Linux Mint, there the CLI can be treated as more of a fallback solution or for those who want to use it.
Thanks to distros like Bazzite there really isn’t a need to learn the terminal.
Like at all? You don’t ever need a command to install/update drivers, repos, packages, software in general, change settings deep in the OS, fix hardware issues, read logs, create accounts, …
Because all those things you can do with a GUI in Windows. Even the registry is just a folder structure.
So the advantage of GUIs over CLIs is discoverability, right? But the processes for reading logs or fixing hardware issues in Windows are not really discoverable, you still have to search the net and learn, so what’s the difference? That the keyboard is scary?
I think most of these complaints are just borne of unfamiliarity.
But to answer your question, as a Bazzite user: definitely “I don’t know”. I’ve been using linux for years, it’s natural to me to just open the terminal for many things, therefore I’m not sure whether there are roadblocks to a 100% mouse usage, but to be honest, if all you do is use the browser, office suite and games, I’d say that yes, your need to resort to the terminal is almost zero.
Don’t forget accessibility. Proper GUIs are accessible, they convey function and meaning through form. People constantly forget that.
TLDR Yes
You are asking for things most people don’t know how to handle on windows let alone Linux
All with a GUI
The only family of distros I knew that could do all those things was OpenSuse thanks to YaST. Unfortunately they just sunset that tool without installing the new alternative “Cockpit” by default now, sooo… yeah. A lot of the things you mentioned can be done via GUI like account management, software and such, but by far not everything. The only distro which got most of those covered I can think of would be Linux Mint, there the CLI can be treated as more of a fallback solution or for those who want to use it.
I use cli to update my Bazzite, but I think there is a UI for it somewhere…