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    [–] [email protected] 0 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

    I'm obviously going to be downvoted for this, but the second you ask me to use the terminal is the second the OS is not ready.

    Last week I reinstalled Windows after trying MintOS. I have a 54" Ultrawide screen monitor and I wanted the windows to snap in 3 sections.

    I spent a few hours in terminal trying to install something after trying everything in flatpak. Windows 11 split screens out of the box. It can even tile. You can even use hotkeys to snap left and right.

    In order for normies like me to switch, you have to make the OS at as easy to use as Windows. Don't make us use terminal like I'm on DOS.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

    Try a different desktop environment instead of blaming all of Linux, my dude

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago

    Terminal is easier than Windows, if you don't want to use it, fine, but saying it's harder is a lie.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

    Every time I install windows I needed to use the terminal to bypass microsoft's online login requirement. Clearly Windows is not ready.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago

    And don't get me started on the registry editor

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

    A very solvable problem with window tiling managers. There's unironically thousands of them.

    Linux just honestly might not be for you if a terminal is an insurmountable obstacle πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ it's how you interact with the basics of your computer. It's worth ripping that bandaid off and getting over your fear of term imo. I honestly prefer software I can just run from the terminal.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago

    I think you want KDE. I'm using KDE on vanilla EndeavourOS and it snaps windows just fine. Hotkeys work too, just slightly different (super + page up instead of up arrow to maximize).