I’ve been using Linux for the past 5 years, and recently I change from DE to WM (i3) which change it my whole workflow. Now I use a lot more the command line to do even simple things.
Recently I note that some relatives called me ‘hacker’ and I find that kinda funny, may be because I’m so accustomed to the terminal and to i3 that I don’t notice that “it looks like a hacker thing”.
Yes, simply using the command line is often considered hacking by people who don’t care enough to know better.
Fun fact, the terminal based system monitor btop has been used in movies to show “hacking” in action.