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Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops (www.ifixit.com)
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[–] 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

what basic task have you run into that requires the command line? have you tried Mint? my 83 year old dad has been on mint for over a year with no complaints, and I don't think he even knows how to open the terminal . . .

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  • [–] -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

    I'm just not interested in rehashing this conversation. Anyone who has used Linux already knows, even if they won't admit it. Being dishonest about it isn't helping anyone. I used Windows for 30 years and never touched any kind of CLI in that time. I did use it on MacOS but only for Homebrew because there's no other GUI alternative.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    OK, if your talking homebrew on Mac, then your not just doing "basic" things. yes, for power users on Linux, we need to use the CLI. For actual basic things (browsing, word processing, consuming media) you absolutely don't need to touch it at all on many "noob" distros.

    So claiming that there's a steep learning curve for basic things is going to turn off new users, who would be perfectly fine never looking at a terminal to do what they need

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