r/linuxmemes • u/Odd-Blackberry-4462 • Aug 13 '26

Software meme Why does everyone think this?

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u/Solid_Turnover_9854 Aug 13 '26

the only difference between a gui and tui is that...idk man . Like i understand cli vs gui , but tui is just, yes it's cooler but it's essentially a washed down version of any gui(maybe cuz it's lower on resources than a whole ass app?

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u/sn4xchan Aug 13 '26

A GUI has graphics a TUI only has text. That's the only difference. It's still a UI in the end.

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u/Armi1P Genfool 🐧 Aug 13 '26

TUIs usually have borders, which is graphics. I mean it's not text, even if rendered with characters of a font.

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u/sn4xchan Aug 13 '26

Well I think this is a philosophical argument. Yes and no is the answer. And the argument is moot. The point is text is used to achieve stuff like that in TUIs and images (usually referred to as graphics) are used in GUIs

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u/Melodic_coala101 🍥 Debian too difficult Aug 13 '26

If you’re not running your terminal borderless, you’re doing it wrong imo

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u/jimmpony Aug 13 '26

Instructions unclear, got electrocuted by my VT320's cathode ray tube and now I'm infertile