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As someone new to Linux, what would be a few reasons that you prefer this to using the built-in GUI file browser?
Other people have given great reasons, but I will also mention that as someone who lives inside the terminal it's often faster and easier to open it right there rather than getting a GUI one going. I do still use one for things that are easier to do with a graphical file manager though, no problem having both