djmarcone , 11 months ago

The linux developers have done an awesome job and linux has come so far it’s amazing. But for the vast majority of computer users they don’t even know what a terminal is, period, and linux is useless to them unless a Linux user sets it up for them for a very specific use case and that’s all they ever do with it.

If all they want is an email and web appliance, a typical computer ignorant user can use linux if it is given to them by someone else.

Yet an ignorant computer user can go and buy a Mac or a windows machine from a retailer and get the job done without having to know anything at all other than they want a computer for x y or z.

Its like the linux developers can’t fathom a PC experience without the terminal as a vital participant.