Beautiful. (sh.itjust.works)
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[+] -13 points 2 months ago (23 children)

Thinking a command line is easier than double clicking an installer shows how far you linux users are devoid from the common user.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    Not wrong about OP, but also both major desktop environments on linux ship with "app stores" that are friendly to anyone familiar with a phone. So it's still easier installing software on linux than searching for and downloading .msi and .exe files on the internet (and hoping the version of MSI afterburner you found is the real one).

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (14 children)

    apt install software

    Vs

    Search " software "click download, accept security warning, navigate to wherever your default download location is, double click installer, click your way through the installer (make sure do deselect whatever crapware it tries to package along with).

    Yup, the Windows way is totally so much easier.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    So going to mozilla.org then immediately installs firefox?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    It doesn't and you know that.

    From there you click Firefox, then you click the download link it gives you on the next page, that downloads a file (still not installed) or takes you to an app store if you're on a phone, you run that file or click install on the app store to actually install the application.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Wow! That sounds complicated and seems like a lot of unnecessary steps

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Great, you're halfway there with that sarcasm. Now apply that to the comment chain you posted in and.. hell why you're here the post itself and you'll get it now.

    People still try to claim Linux is complicated and has a lot of unnecessary steps to install stuff and it just isn't true for vast majority of people installing the vast majority of stuff.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Uh, maybe you're not picking up the context clues here. I'm actively making fun of windows users. Blatantly even. The sarcasm is pretty one-sided toward the windows community. But thank you for trying to convert me to Linux. It's been a fun 20 years and hopefully 20 more.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    what do you do with the extra 2 seconds?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I use Octopi generally, though the add/remove software app is prettier. If I have to install software via the command line I always have to double check the syntax. The command like version existing is extremely useful as a fallback though, and most (all?) gui package managers act as wrappers around the command line. So don't dunk on the command line

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    Thinking you have to use the terminal for installing programs can only mean you don't know anything about modern user friendly Linux distros. You manage to install stuff on an iOS or Android phone as well, without downloading random files from random sites and then launching random installers, do you? You can do it thesame way on Linux.

    The thing is, if you want to, you can also use the terminal. Many prefer it because you can be faster and the command is not rocket science. Which is fine too. Whatever you prefer.

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