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.
unspeakablehorror (Reinstated)@zensaiyuki Sorry, I didn't realize that your other post was a subpost of this one. I sometimes forget how Mastodon works. If I had realized that I might have understood why you thought I was referring to using the terminal on Linux. Yes, Linux does require terminal use to fix certain problems. Obviously that's suboptimal from a UI perspective.
@unspeakablehorror right i mean, it gets excused a lot, really, because it’s a bunch of people working for free, to make the software they want to use themselves. and the sort of people who prgram for free for fun are people who want and like software that needs or assumes programming skills.
@zensaiyuki Well, I don't think a lot of programmers actually want to have to program or compile code when they're just kicking back to surf social media or whatnot. But I do think they may create software that assumes a level of computer literacy that is quite a bit above the norm. Like maybe they've memorized the filetree on their computer but a lot of users...don't even know what that is.
@unspeakablehorror oh yes, it’s hard, even for someone like me, who is aware of the problem, to estimate average computer literacy for certain tasks. google’s discovery that most people don’t know what a “web browser” is caught me by surprise. like “really? okay, i guess that makes sense”
it is hard, as someone excited about computers, to emulate the mindset of someone who really really isn’t.
it is hard, as someone excited about computers, to emulate the mindset of someone who really really isn’t.
@zensaiyuki Yes, sometimes its baffling what problems people have. Though I'm starting to get more perspective on that as I often help people of all ages with computer issues in my spare time. Like, for example, someone who doesn't know what a web browser is has often used one, they just know it as explorer or safari or firefox or chrome or 'that icon in the corner there'. Sometimes they call it something like 'my email' or 'Facebook'.