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Oh no no,I've been using Linux for 3 years now, I know my way around the terminal. But for a new user the temirnal is REALLY scary, they would be absolutely frustrated by this. I'm just thinking how to make Linux more user friendly.
best way is to encourage people to use terminal. there's no better way to manage your Linux distro. And let's be honest, we just use couple of lines to update/install/remove packages most of the time. It's not scary. I have no idea why so many people are afraid of terminal. And at the same time they don't mind using windows command line if needed.
I have converted a lot of people to Linux to know that once they see the terminal it's the end of the conversation for them. They stop cosnidering it a true OS and more of a sandbox to test things. It's a shame and it shouldn't be like that but it is unfortunately so I always want to find ways to make things easier for the casual user.
I think we do need them and we also need a troubleshooting app just like in Windows (no matter how useless it actually is XD). More marketshare means better support and I just want the best for people anyway. These are the people that will help the OS grow and become better, along with the open-source contributors imo. :)
good points, but if they're afraid of terminal they will run back to windows anyway. it is just a matter of time (couple of months? half a year maybe?). Once they can't solve an issue they will move away from Linux. We need to teach them how to use terminal if we want them to stay.
Microsoft app for fixing errors is legendary :) 0% success for me.
I've been using Linux since 2004... How have I never heard of this??? Holy cow that's helpful!
Confirm that the multiverse Ubuntu repository is enabled:
also check out my grupe for more guides to Ubuntu
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/TheUbuntuGamer
I can agree on this. I began using Ubuntu back when it was Version 14.xx, I think. Since it was many years ago, I am not 100% sure, but I have been on and off it ever since because it was too hard to use. I end up breaking Ubuntu more than I fix my problem, but I have to say ubuntu 20.10 has gotten so much easier to use with so many things supported today, like proton and wine. I have been using ubuntu 20.10 now nonstop for gaming for about 2-3 months, and I think I am beginning to get the hang of it. I'm still a complete noob, but I'm getting there.
and that why i dont like Arch beside it been ♥♥♥♥♥♥ to play games on.
What Canonical did with their app store is ludicrous and as I use Linux Mint, this becomes each day more noticeable... they seem to want an end-user-apps store only, not a place where you can manage packages...
on linux IMHO this is detrimental... instead they should have worked with upstream to ensure better package categorization, description, meaningful screenshots, linking to online man pages, smarter search and filters, etc... in a way that all packages are still in the store and newbies don't feel flooded at the same time oldtimers don't feel gutted via GUI
they also botched something in Ubuntu app store where some (apt) software don't install with the exact same results from their store as via "apt install"... whereas it should basically be a clever GUI frontend to apt, snapd, flatpak, etc
...and the above comments are all from before their latest push to exclusively provide snap apps in their store... leaving the (very valid) criticism to snap itself aside, this is a terrible idea because snap just isn't popular enough to have a great variety of apps in the store like they had with apt
that means Canonical will have to maintain snap packages themselves for all those things, which is the same (or worse) effort they wanted to skip with this move
I suspect this was done exactly because snap isn't gaining nearly as much traction as they wanted (almost any other distro including Ubuntu derivates like Linux Mint have instead chosen normal packaging combined with Flatpak or just normal packaging)... I believe they think forcing snaps to be the only GUI-listed apps on a popular distro might convince some devs to publish and maintain snap for their apps...
it's a bad and harmful move, but it's exactly the kind of miscalculated/misdirected effort I came to expect from them
ps:
This nonsense certainly does not apply to Linux Mint and afaik also doesn't apply to POP_OS!
Canonical is making it more likely every year that their most popular derivate distros like LM and POP_OS! will decide to bite the bullet and rebase over something else like plain Debian or such
It will be very sad and unfortunate for everyone if (more like when) these derivate distro devs decide it has to happen, but I know why and trust them (LM and POP devs) enough that it will be done in the least harmful way for their users, and only to avoid greater harm from staying put