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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by etaioinshrdlu on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:52PM (#25720379)
Terminals are probably never again going to be the primary computing interface for most people.
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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by enriquto on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:11PM (#25720617)
> Terminals are probably never again going to be the primary computing interface for most people.

So what? Neither are desktops! The question is that the total number of terminal users is certainly increasing year after year.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by nl on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:10PM (#25721343)
> the total number of terminal users is certainly increasing year after year

Perhaps, but the proportion of them is certainly decreasing (especially if we include devices like tablets and phones in "computing interfaces").

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by mgreenly on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:05PM (#25720537)
Without question I think that's true, but they certainly will be the primary interface of some people forever.
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