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		grzm on Oct 29, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The bizarre role reversal of Apple and Microsoft One place I've found it useful is for scripting the setup of a fresh machine, something like this: https://blog.vandenbrand.org/2016/01/04/how-to-automate-your... I agree it's likely very few people use it. It can be exactly the right tool for the job in some circumstances.

klodolph on Oct 29, 2016 [–]

Yeah, that's a good reason to use it, and it makes sense that the tool is there. But there's a big difference between having a CLI tool for digging around when you need it, and having two separate GUI control panels with some settings in one, some in the other, and other settings in both.

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