> I really don't understand why people want a GUI package manager at all.

I always use the plain "batch command line" tools like `apt` or
`aptitude`, indeed (and not the ncurses UI of `aptitude` which I found
difficult to use when I tried it).

But I think the reason is quite simple: while most people are very
familiar with the "GUI language" (i.e. the conventions of what means
what and how you interact with the various elements) because it's quite
standardized across most devices nowadays, most computer users are not
familiar with the unix command line language nor with the ncurses UI
language (which is not even standardized, so every ncurses application
has to be learned individually).


        Stefan

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