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    How often do you use the Terminal?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Peon, Apr 1, 2011.

  1. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'm rather curious since it seems OS X users are divided into 2 camps with very little middle ground: Those who bought Macs because Windows was too complex, and those who bought Macs because they wanted a *nix notebook without the driver headaches.
     
    Peon, Apr 1, 2011
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  2. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    when ever I need to SSH into my VPS.
     
    Seshan, Apr 1, 2011
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    The killall command seems to be the injection my local mySQL often needs. I also use it for root activities. I'd rather just use the GUI for most things though.
     
    directeuphorium, Apr 1, 2011
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  4. fattail95

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    I rarely used terminal at all when I had my Mac... I didn't really get to know how to use it, much more acquainted with cmd...
     
    fattail95, Apr 1, 2011
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    regularly.
     
    ajreynol, Apr 1, 2011
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    Nerd.

    10char
     
    SP Forsythe, Apr 1, 2011
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    Every day... I like the GUI though... but I also switched to primarily OSX from Linux, not from Windows.
     
    doh123, Apr 1, 2011
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    I've grown to learn the Terminal more and more. I worked at a bank where we had a GUI for the banking software but it was limited on what it could do, but in the background we had a DOS-like system that could do EVERYTHING that the GUI couldn't. So while I primarily use Mac OS X's GUI, I'm not closed-minded to the Terminal, it could be a very useful tool to whomever is willing to learn it. I'm glad Apple has this open to the end user.
     
    HLdan, Apr 1, 2011
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    I use it to SSH in to my servers on a regular basis. Mainly when I'm working on a problem. It gives me full shell root access that way. The GUI keeps you locked out where you can not do any damage. :rolleyes:
     
    blue68f100, Apr 1, 2011
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    I mainly use terminal for ADB. Other than that, I end up using it when making bootable USBs and other stuff. I'm not insanely skilled in terminal and I don't need to be. I don't have a server at home, even though I plan to build one this summer.
     
    E30kid, Apr 1, 2011
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    "Windows was too complex"

    — seriously?
     
    Lieto, Apr 2, 2011
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  12. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    every single day, I almost clicked on the last category... I rely very heavily on Terminal, connecting to SSH and X-Servers all day.

    Terminal was the reason I bough the mac, and for no other reason. i need an OS that can play nice with UNIX and Linux was a failure due to driver issues.
     
    yuio, Apr 2, 2011
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    I'm not kidding, haven't you ever met the "Windows slows down over time and comes with viruses preinstalled" crowd?
     
    Peon, Apr 2, 2011
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    I switched to Mac from Linux, so I use it quite often.
     
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    I use mine to connect to my development servers. I'm also writing a book on coding out of the terminal window.
     
    mmoy, Apr 3, 2011
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