Linux tips (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

What if the person you're helping has a different UI language? Or when buttons get hidden based on available screen space? Or when you need to get an older person to use a dropdown menu with hover and click options?

Sure it's doable, but it's so much easier to just copy and paste a command. Of course, whenever I tell someone to do something like this, it comes with a lot of warnings about the shell. If they're close enough I just tell them to never run a random command without consulting me first.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago*

    Very often you want the other person to learn (memorize) the way to do something.
    And most of the time that person (in my experience) is an elder being or something, so they prefer UI and I don't want to die on a hill of making them relearn their ways.

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