fugepeWhat are the main challenges in Linux adoption for New users, and how can it be addressed?
dontblinkYou have to use the terminal
Anything using the terminal... I once tried to do something on Linux because a friend told me it was great. I gave it another go when it came up on my Chromebook and tried to teach myself. I just don't get it.
I'm not a programmer at all, so anything that involves typing commands is going to baffle me!
I’m not a programmer at all, so anything that involves typing commands is going to baffle me!
When I was in college in the 1990s, non-STEM students regularly learned enough of the Unix command-line to:
- check their email with
pine - chat with
talkor on IRC - write their home page in HTML using
picoorjoeeditors
The command line is something that millions of people have learned; and you can, too!