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On most modern distros (like Mint) you can do basically as much with Linux GUIs as you can do in Windows or Mac. So normal users don’t need the terminal. But if you want to do more, if you want the secret sauce, the terminal is there for you.

But fear not! Basically all of us have some level of autism or ADHD, and the best of us tend to be the most extreme. If anything the terminal was written by autistic nerds for themselves! If you’ll be okay being a bit of a n00b for a bit, I think you’ll find there’s a lot of depth here to obsess over / hyper fixate / hyper focus on.

There’s a reason people have been “fighting” for, like, 40 years over which terminal text editor is the superior one… The flames of war can run pretty deep, and there’s a lot of opinions.

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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

On most modern distros (like Mint) you can do basically as much with Linux GUIs as you can do in Windows or Mac.

Until you have an issue and then forget just downloading a file from a website, you go on during and trust people saying “enter commands in terminal” even though you have no fucking idea what you’re doing

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- theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You also have no idea what that file you downloaded from a website is doing, too. And we have AppImage now, so you CAN still download a file from a website on Linux!
  
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  - Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I mean, if I download drivers from the manufacturer I’m pretty sure there’s nothing to worry about compared to downloading home made drivers on GitHub, right?
    
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    theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Are we going to pretend that stuff being closed source prevents people from inserting bad shit in their code?
    
    downloading home made drivers on GitHub 🙄 lol wut.
    
    Open source isn’t perfect, but it doesn’t have to be because it is better than it’s only alternative.
    
    There are literally only 2 options: open source or closed source. One option offers you and anyone the ability to see the code that you are running for yourself, the other option is “trust me bro, nothing bad is in here”. Which of those do you prefer? Which do you think ends up with more malware? You think computer viruses include a link to the code on GitHub? Lol
    
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theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

There’s a reason people have been “fighting” for, like, 40 years over which terminal text editor is the superior one…

There is no contest or fight. The best is vim, obviously! 😝

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- original_reader@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You misspelled Neovim. Am understandable mistake.
  
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