When you want to use Linux, you do so in two ways. You either use the command-line interface and type out every single command, or you use the graphical user interface, which is much more user-friendly (on average). However, there is a third way, and it's not talked about as much because it never had enough time to pick up steam.
Isn’t that just Emacs?
“Those who do not understand Emacs are doomed to reinvent it”