Using the shell / command prompt

[Konraden]

Originally Posted by Asheville Native

For many tasks it is quicker, easier, and more user friendly than a GUI.

But I have also spent most of my time on computers at the CLI, starting in 1970 entering commands into a mainframe on a TTY SPO, then on to BTOS/CTOS, Unix, NetWare, DOS, and Cisco IOS (which is still CLI based)

Is there any other way to get my IP, MAC, and gateway info? How about system uptime? All that is done rather painlessly through the command prompt.

I also use the "Run..." application a lot too (Windows Key + R). I've memorized most of my programs anyway, so as long as it runs in a directory found in %path%, it's faster for me to type it than click it.

Such greats as Winword, Excel, Chrome, IExplore, Firefox, Explorer, CMD...I'm sure I have others.

[Trucker7]

The first two things that I usually open on my Linux PC are the web browser and the console. So much more efficient. Even for something simple, like playing a movie in VLC, it is faster to simply type VLC and the path to the movie, than launch VLC, click File -> Open -> etc... And many of the things that I accomplish via scripting are simply impossible to do on a GUI.

Lately, I've been playing more and more with Windows XP, 7 & 8 command prompts, trying to master all the ins and outs.