Computing minimalism

Computing minimalism refers to keeping the environment of a computer operating system as minimalist as possible (or as needed). Computing minimalism is usually endorsed by computer literates rather than beginners, since beginners appreciate the easy to use, feature rich environments that are presented to them (usually by default). Also, because minimalism goal is to offer a more productive environment to the user, stripping all the unnecessary features is a process that develops with usage. Beginners start with a very large system and customize it gradually to fit their changing needs as they begin to remember the shortcuts, use the menus a little more, etc.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

It is important to note here that minimalism does not necessarily imply abandoning the GUI. However, since GUIs tend to use more resources and command line interface programs tend to be more modular in functionality, the link between CLI and minimalism is strong. Still, there are some programs that need GUI because of their nature like graphics editors.

Related Topics:
GUI - Command line interface - Graphics editor

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~