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Originally Posted by AstroViking
Because quite often there are things you cannot do through a GUI.
If your machine breaks and won't start the GUI, then you will need to know the CLI and what commands you need to fix it. (IMHO learning how to use 'nano' or 'vi' to edit files is a must.)
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The other thing is that, unlike Doze and Mac, there are many Linux GUIs and they are evolving. So anyone who want to give generic instructions needs to use the command line, even if most/all GUIs can do the job graphically. For example, every distro has a software manager but they are all different but typing 'sudo apt-get install <package>' works on every machine.
Perhaps one day GUI's will be able to do all jobs but atm I think you can't quite escape the command line. I tend to just copy and paste commands from sites I believe are reputable (I do read and try to understand the commands too!). So far, touch wood, I haven't broken anything by doing so.