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• Rooty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You are greatly exaggerating the complexity and necessity of the command line, while neglecting its benefits.

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• Maven@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s been twenty years since the first ease-of-use distros launched, the ones meant for noughts hempty end users. It’s long been basically trivial to install and use Linux without ever touching the terminal, especially if you’re one of the majority of people who spend almost all their time in browser/Electron apps. A basic Ubuntu or Mint is basically idiotproof. And if you can use an app store, you can use a package manager.

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  • BlindFrog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I feel like every time I tell someone I know I use linux mint, I’m coming across like I’m saying “I use Arch by the way” *eyebrow wiggle*

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  • Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Electron apps such as discord, that on ubuntu require a command line to update?

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    • Maven@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Only if you’re using the flatpak, iirc. Snaps should update automatically and I’m pretty sure .debs can be updated through the Software GUI.

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      • Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You can install and uninstall debs from the software GUI, but you can’t update.

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• MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You haven’t used Linux recently or ever right? It’s so painfully obvious.

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  Look at all those command line prompts and messed up syntax.

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• Kazumara@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The CLI is not for programmers, it’s just a way of using your computer. My dad does it too, he set up his raspberry pi that way. He works in healthcare and has never programmed in his life.

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• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My 67 year old mother who is definitely NOT tech-savvy is using Linux.

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• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ideally you’re not manually typing things like a wannabe hackerman.

  And instead either copying the commands directly, or ideally, using a package installer.

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  • brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ideally you’re not manually typing things like a wannabe hackerman.

    i tried, but I couldn’t rock that mullet.

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• s_s@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The command line is great for anyone who wants their computer to do exactly what they –eh–command it to do.

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