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If you have to use a command line or terminal ever then the OS is not 100% user friendly.
In Linux you still have to use a command like, the average windows user does not.
They forced him to type sudo apt update
Forcing people to type in a command line unironically alienates your userbase, the average user logs in and then opens Netflix/youtube/social media. If it can't be done with mouse and keyboard then it can't be done by most users.
It's crazy that elitism is still holding this community back decades later. Nobody thinks you're cool for typing in terminal, this isn't the matrix it's been 30 years.
This kind of shit is the reason Windows is still way more popular
Nothing that requires the command line in Linux can be done in a "friendly" way in Windows.
I have to disagree with you on that, sometimes even running certain apps needs some command line knowledge there might be a way to run them without but it's a lot of hassle
not to mention people are very familiar with windows so learning a new OS feels way more complicated than it actually is
I love linux and always try to get people to use it but lying to ourselves about the current state of linux does not help at all
I'm with you, I don't believe it's ready but the command line is not an issue anymore. I only ever see it because I'm an stubborn old man who insists on using Vim. Truth is, if something you do on Linux requires the command line, doing it on Windows probably requires group policy, regedit or something like that, which are equally esoteric.
My wife uses Linux Mint Debian Edition and never uses the command line. She has literally never opened it because she's intimidated by it lol.
Even if you are right that using the terminal ever is not user-friendly, that means that Windows is not user-friendly since I was forced to use it every time the OS fucked up randomly and I had to do
sfc /scannowto fix my boot drive.Not to mention the countless times a Windows forum power user posted a command for people to run that was supposed to fix everything.
Windows is quite stable these days. (Same for Linux and Mac OS)
Not really, I just switched last December because it was being shitty and I was sick of the last 25 years of using it. I'm a recent Linux adopter.
I think that's a bad comparison honestly. People keep thinking that Linux is going to somehow be useful for the average user which isn't really the case. Linux is perfect for those who are interested in computers or computer related things.
It would be really cool to see something like Chrome OS but with Linux native tech. I haven't seen it yet but Bazzite is interesting.
Then it will never be popular or a realistic alternative to windows like we all want it to be.
Linux has really never been a Windows alternative and it will never be. (At least for most people)
Sure it works great if you are into it but outside of that it isn't geared for use by the general population. That's not say that Linux isn't fine for most people. The thing is most people are not fine with Linux in the sense that they aren't seeking what it provides.