Luci Rockslike, what really irritates me most about linux is the casual expectation that it’s okay to require the terminal to do certain things. until someone is willing to build a UI that does a full mac classic style lockdown of everything, and make it just work without needing to configure it, linux is not taking general appeal seriously.
i am not gonna set up my dad with linux if I have to walk him through compiling a kernel module or editing the x11 configuration file with vim over the phone.
unspeakablehorror (Reinstated)@zensaiyuki I mean, there's room for improvement in linux uis, but I don't recall ever doing any of those things on my home linux machines, and I've been using linux for well over a decade as a power user. Also there are plenty of text editors besides vim available for linux. What linux environments are you familiar with?
@unspeakablehorror you must have somehow avoided the more advanced tasks such as “installing apps” or “playing a sound file”
hef@zensaiyuki @unspeakablehorror I remember being able to do both of those things in ubuntu a few years ago without difficulty.
@hef @unspeakablehorror ubuntu does the most to make the experience seamless, but it ultimately couldn’t help me install the right driver and right settings for my videocard without me needing to donk around with apt and config files for entire weekends with no success.
@zensaiyuki @unspeakablehorror
Not wanting to ever have to burn a weekend configuring hardware is a big factor in me deciding to get a mac. iterm2 being really nice is another.