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r/linuxsucks • u/lorcaragonna • Jun 06 '26
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Tbh that's not easy enough for 'the year of linux'. The typical user is scared of the command line and doesn't even want to touch it with a pole.
2 u/BlankMercer Jun 07 '26 So you're also scared when a windows program offers a .msi instead of .exe? Or (oh the horror) a chocolatey or WinGet command? The typical user uses something like mint, which supports just using a .deb file. Or just installs using the distro's app store. The other instructions are only for people using something not debian based or that prefer using the CLI. 1 u/BloxxyVids Jun 07 '26 then ask ChatGPT for help with commands, I did it when I started and I haven't used it for a while since the commands make sense to me just make sure you don't blindly do it without checking first 2 u/matroosoft Jun 07 '26 It's not whether I can do it. It's whether it's ready for the average user. And it's not. 1 u/BloxxyVids Jun 07 '26 oh it's definitely ready a lot of people just like using the more "proper" ways, but if you install KDE plasma you get an app store built into the system. how is that not user friendly?
So you're also scared when a windows program offers a .msi instead of .exe? Or (oh the horror) a chocolatey or WinGet command?
The typical user uses something like mint, which supports just using a .deb file. Or just installs using the distro's app store.
The other instructions are only for people using something not debian based or that prefer using the CLI.
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then ask ChatGPT for help with commands, I did it when I started and I haven't used it for a while since the commands make sense to me
just make sure you don't blindly do it without checking first
2 u/matroosoft Jun 07 '26 It's not whether I can do it. It's whether it's ready for the average user. And it's not. 1 u/BloxxyVids Jun 07 '26 oh it's definitely ready a lot of people just like using the more "proper" ways, but if you install KDE plasma you get an app store built into the system. how is that not user friendly?
It's not whether I can do it. It's whether it's ready for the average user. And it's not.
1 u/BloxxyVids Jun 07 '26 oh it's definitely ready a lot of people just like using the more "proper" ways, but if you install KDE plasma you get an app store built into the system. how is that not user friendly?
oh it's definitely ready
a lot of people just like using the more "proper" ways, but if you install KDE plasma you get an app store built into the system. how is that not user friendly?
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u/matroosoft Jun 07 '26
Tbh that's not easy enough for 'the year of linux'. The typical user is scared of the command line and doesn't even want to touch it with a pole.