• FizzyOrange
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    12 hours ago

    Is this a joke? The main way most Linux users install software is still via the command line.

    On Windows the command line is an exceptional thing you sometimes have to use for troubleshooting. On Linux it’s the default way everything is done.

    For example how do you stop a service on Linux? The top answer just assumes command line.

    If I search for how to do it with a GUI I get a 5 year old post explaining that all the GUI attempts are dead.

    Now if I search for Windows, I get these instructions (from the AI but they sound like I remember it):

    open the Services console (search for “services” in the Start menu), right-click the service you want to stop, and select “Stop”.

    And the top SO question is someone asking specifically how to do it with the command line because the GUI way is so easy and obvious.

    That’s just one random example. Not even getting to hardware support, ease of installation, etc.

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      1 hour ago

      People use the command line because it’s so much faster and more convenient. But there’s often a gui tool. I use Yast from time to time. It has its uses too. It’s slower though (if you know the syntax).

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      2 hours ago

      Is this a joke? The main way most Linux users install software is still via the command line.

      I reject the premise that the command line is not user friendly.

      With either a GUI or a command line, the first step is going to be “Search the internet for the instructions.”

      The second step for the command line option is “ctrl-c, ctrl-v”. The task is now complete.

      The GUI option is only superior if it allows the user to skip the “Search for it” step. If it does not, now you are manually searching some arcane hierarchy for the specific location the developer decided to place that option.

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      Most things I do in command line I am not aware of or would want to do in a GUI on windows tbh. Recursive search for any files that contain a specific string? How do you do that on windows without.

      Most people just want Facebook and pornhub, Linux has everything you need.

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      11 hours ago

      Most things are point & click & no one uses CLI in windows, it’s objectively inferior to linux

      Also “start & stop a service” ? Does that sound like something an average user deals with in windows ?

      Linux does need a control panel, I can admit that but let’s not pretend that Linux’s CLI is tough to learn. & the CLI is the most effective way of doing things in a pinch, when push comes to shove.

      If someone like Pewdiepie (he’s no tech-savvy guy) can use linux, thrn linux has gotten user-friendly enough, although linux can do better & more needs to be done

      • Ease of installation😅 now you’re straight up lying, linux is by far easier to install with a liveUSB
      • as for hardware, that’s upto the manufacturers to open up their systems

      Thanks for revealing your hatred for linux (I cannot wait for you to call me a linux-cultist, eventhough I admitted that linux can do better)

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        The bad cli thing is a 2000s view not a 2020s view. PowerShell is better than bash and windows terminal does everything I need both for local PowerShell stuff and remote bash stuff.

        However I just got to the point where I learned you’re gullible enough to believe in anything pootie shoe says and so time to stop interacting :'(

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          PowerShell is better than bash

          It factually and objectively is not

          There’s a reason why POSIX is still enduring to this day. Microsoft’s penchant for writing short novels for a basic command is not what I would call “better”. And that’s ignoring the fact that PowerShell doesn’t have a fraction of *nix shell capabilities and utilities.

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          Who cares about Pewdiepie, the point is how much more “user-friendly” do you want, the excuses never end. If a stupid guy like pootiepie can handle linuxmint, then people are out of excuses

          Plus it’s actually the apps that we’ll need to focus on (& games)