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Teaching a friend Linux be like,
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this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2023
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Yeah showing people how the terminal works is great for power users, but it does nothing for the average user, and kinda is part of the reason so many people think that all linux is is the terminal
Really as much as the more tech savvy might not like it, if we want to see higher adoption of linux we need to spread awareness of just how much easier it is to do things in the Linux GUI than it is in Windows
Like for instance, I can install almost whatever I would ever want with a click of a button without opening a browser, meanwhile I've never managed to get the Microsoft store to actually install things that I paid real money for
Yeah, you're right GUI configuration is huge for long-term market share increase for home desktop use. Jokes aside I do use GUI apps/settings mixed with CLI apps/commands, just depends on the situation and my mood, some things I'll use both depending if my hands are on the keyboard or mouse already lol.
Some things I can just not do with GUI personally is Git, package building, or using a package manager, I perfer CLI commands for those things because I find the GUI options less efficient/slower/more annoying. But I feel we do need GUI options for everything so people aren't forced into the command line against their will.
Options are good and in a perfect world you should be able do do anything from a GUI or CLI!
Which one? I heard Microsoft's up to three now