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gnubison on Nov 13, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Restic – Backups Done Right

Would it really be simpler to have 100 lines of GUI setup and tear down, obscuring the most important part (the commands being run)?

Dudeman112 on Nov 14, 2021 | [–]

Both sounds good as opposed to instead.

GUIs for simple stuff and 99% of the population, CLIs for hackermans who need the advanced stuff.

kkjjkgjjgg on Nov 14, 2021 | [–]

Depending on the GUI, it seems possible. You can also verify input in a GUI

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