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Anyway, here are terminal commands you don't understand. (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[-] Asetru@feddit.org 58 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The thing is, though, that command line instructions work on most flavours of whatever distro you have running. If you have an xfce problem it's fair game to tell you where to click, but if your issue is not related to your desktop environment, giving a solution that works on most, if not all, systems that may have the same issue, is actually a good idea. No?

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And many folks have headless setups

raspberry pis, home servers, VPSs, etc. It's kinda overkill to install a desktop environment on a headless box if the only reason you need it is so you can VNC into it for a simple task that could be done over ssh.

[-] Enkrod@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Yes! Command line instructions are often universal instructions. This is imho a huge boon for Linux.

[-] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

*Advice

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No wonder OP is afraid of the terminal, you can't misspell left-click.

[-] Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago

I'm dyslexic and the terminal can be a challenge some days

[-] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Me too. Just use tab and complete commands that way. Fish or zsh with oh-my-zsh is your friend.

[-] notabot@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Now that's a better reason for looking for a GUI solution than the OP had. I hadn't really considered how dyslexia would affect CLI usage.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

It's not a universal effect. Some dyslexics or people with related challenges like dysgraphia will find the CLI easier.

[-] notabot@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

That's interesting. I've often wondered what it must be like programing or using the CLI if you aren't familiar with the English language, but I hadn't considered the dyslexia/graphia type issues.

[-] Comrade_Spood@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

I just have really bad memory from a combo of ADHD and weed. Remembering where in the GUI to fix something is a lot easier than remembering commands. Especially when if I fuck up said command I could make the problem worse or make a whole new problem. GUI gives me visual landmarks that stick in my memory, and thats something the terminal doesn't. Like navigating a city via landmarks vs via street signs. Tell me directions via streets I am lost, but tell me to go left after the walgreens on the river and now I know.

[-] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

The ADHD aspect of computer related stuff is something I wish more people understood, Linux and beyond. I have about 45 seconds before I get distracted, that's if I'm lucky and my phone doesn't go off or a neighbors dog starts barking or I hear strong wind and decide to check the weather or I suddenly remember I need to mop the floor of my bathroom and a near infinite set of other possibilities. If I need to spend 15 minutes reading man pages about what arguments actually do or searching online for it and getting a short list of links dating anywhere from 2 to 20 years ago or a forum post with a dozen pages of comments then I... I... shit. What was I doing?

[-] danhab99@programming.dev 10 points 1 week ago

"why don't you just"

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

"easier solutions"

No: pet solutions. Don't let false consensus dictate the wrong labels.

[-] fl42v@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Sometimes it's easier to assemble what you need from parts than go adding/removing stuff from somewhat monolithic solutions, tho.

[-] Piatro@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

Most people just want a thing to work though. One member of my family has issues with her iPhone at the moment where the signal is just all over the place. Sometimes not able to receive calls, sometimes not able to make them, sometimes inaudible when the call is made. She's googled and gone to apple tech support who have given her a list of basic troubleshooting tasks to do, stuff like checking settings. She said to me "I don't want to go hunting for these things I just want to hand it to someone and they can make it work!"

Linux and computer enthusiasts are happy to assemble things as we need them because the problem solving stuff is satisfying to us, for other people it's just a slog.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

the problem solving stuff is satisfying to us

Yeah, that stopped being a factor decades ago. I now hate it just as much as any iPhone user. There are reasons beyond "I like how it makes my brain feel".

[-] prunerye@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

What are these "solutions" you speak of? All help forum posts must follow this format:

"I want to do x."

"Why would you want to do x? Don't do x.".

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I don't understand this post. OP mad the free support not up to their standards?

[-] Emil@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 week ago

Is this a wonderwall reference?

[-] adub@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

I said maybe (I said maybe) Terminal gonna be the one that saves me (That saves me)

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