Comment CLI still needed (especially for the blind) (Score 1) 617
I agree that GUI's are nice eye candy and can visually organize a space. but... they are not blind friendly.
I still use cli for editing scripts and modifying system settings (including editing configuration files for custom settings). I don't see a lot of this in GUI interfaces (I use orca under gnome and believe me, a lot of options for settings in some system settings are simply not there). in OS X, I have also found that knowing how to modify settings on the CLI is a very powerful skill to have. anyone that thinks the GUI is the only way to go is severely limiting what they can really do.
how many of you can setup a true firewall script in linux using strictly a few guy tools and have it do some really powerful stuff? I know of perhaps 2 apps that might give you something approaching what you can create using VI in a command line. its the same with a lot of other deep level items in Linux (and OS X as well).
even though I am speaking from the P.O.V of a blind person, the same holds true for everyone. having a command line ability to make/modify/create scripts, documents and configuration files is definitely a useful (and powerful) alternative that should not be discounted.