4.1. Using the Command Line
Many system management tasks can be performed using either of the graphical user interfaces provided with Fedora (i.e., GNOME or KDE). However, most power users prefer the command line for system management work because they find it faster, more consistent between different versions of Linux, and easier to access remotely. The command line is also called a shell prompt , because the commands are processed by a program called a shell; the standard shell on a Fedora system is the Bourne-again shell ( bash ).