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this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2025
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That's still a really dumb comparison.
Opening up a text editor to copy and paste 2 lines and then saving the file on your desktop so you can double click is still not even remotely the same as changing your oil. It's closer to putting air in your tires for your bicycle.
We're already in the context of someone has installed Linux as their OS on their computer, I'm assuming they have the knowledge to create a shortcut on a desktop and copy 2 lines into it..... Like you don't even need to go into the CLI to do this.
Well, they'd need to add a shebang, they'd need to set the executable bit, and if it works, it works, but if it doesn't open a terminal (some DEs do, some don't), you don't even know if it worked, it's not really that straightforward.