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Installing OS, 10 years ago:

Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

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Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

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[-] jjagaimo@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Linux wont take off until the friction for new users is low enough that the layman can resolve issues without resorting to techniques outside of their understanding and patience. Even as someone who uses linux, there are a ton of things that should have a GUI / just be a context menu entry. If you can get the same amount of work done with a button click rather than typing out a complicated command line string, you might as well use the GUI, right click menu, etc. and make it easier for the typical person. People these days can barely use tablets, and those already dumb things down to icons you tap. Unfortunately, making it accessible to the lowest common denominator is ~~what makes things popular~~ a major factor in making things popular

[-] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

But you can do nearly everything with the GUI in Linux for a while now. The level of stuff you would need to use the terminal for is the same level on Windows you would need the command-line for, or (SHUDDER) the registry.

In fact, I would argue that doing things in Linux via the GUI is easier than even on Windows. I'm speaking as a user of KDE Plasma. I personally dislike Gnome.

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