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jvanderbottoday at 2:24 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes. A TUI runs in a text session. A GUI runs in a graphics session. A terminal emulator emulates a text session in a graphics session - and allows you to run TUI/CLI tools. This is apparently controversial?


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zabzonktoday at 3:32 PM

> TUI runs in a text session. A GUI runs in a graphics session

What do you mean by this? I have never heard these terms before. I can launch and interact with a GUI from a text application, or a text application from a GUI.

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