HipPriest comments on What are the main challenges in Linux adoption for New users, and how can it be addressed?

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Anything using the terminal... I once tried to do something on Linux because a friend told me it was great. I gave it another go when it came up on my Chromebook and tried to teach myself. I just don't get it.

I'm not a programmer at all, so anything that involves typing commands is going to baffle me!

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[–] dontblink@feddit.it 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

One thing i had to learn when i started to understand how big techs really work, of what that would imply (see chat control) and get passionate about free software, free operative systems and freedom of customization is that freedom itself almost always requires work, the question is: is that a work you're willing to do? for me the answer is a strong YES.

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[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 11 points 3 years ago

For the average user all that extra works gives them very little return.

Most people don't want everyday computer use to be work.

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[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago

Fair.

But I was just giving my perspective as an outsider who stumbled across this post because messing about with the terminal had the opposite affect on me as someone who appreciates the concept of Linux but doesn't really have the level of passion to learn programming for it.

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

I’m not a programmer at all, so anything that involves typing commands is going to baffle me!

When I was in college in the 1990s, non-STEM students regularly learned enough of the Unix command-line to:

check their email with pine
chat with talk or on IRC
write their home page in HTML using pico or joe editors

The command line is something that millions of people have learned; and you can, too!