• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    6 months ago

    break the “Linux is complicated / incompatible / for developers” stigma

    This is entirely on Linux developers and users.

    Try searching “how to x on Linux” and tell me you’re not immediately sent into the CLI.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      The thing is, without a unified GUI it’s impossible to get an answer to “how to X on Linux” that doesn’t involve the CLI (and that’ll work for everyone). Even the ones that do are often distro-dependent.

      People can still get things done by searching for “how to X on <distro> using the GUI”.

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        6 months ago

        without a unified GUI it’s impossible to get an answer to “how to X on Linux” that doesn’t involve the CLI

        I mean the same goes for different distros or package managers.

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      6 months ago

      CLI can be good. The benefit of CLI is that it is fairly easy to build GUI front ends on top of a solid based.

      Not to mention CLI makes “quick fixes” easier.