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[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

When you make fun of something that really isn't an issue it just makes your side look worse. Windows has real problems, but installing shit ain't it.

My dad can install anything on windows with clicks, he can't do shit with a terminal.

I'm a power user and love GUIs. I'll use git desktop all day everyday, instead of typing shit in a command line. It's one button press vs typing paths and hoping you don't misspell shit.

I don't really get the whole command line fetish, there are no extra points in life for doing things the harder way.

[-] Prok@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

The GUI app centers on most distros are quite usable without command line wizardry and reduces the risk of dodgey download sites

Ah, yes. I also love it when I search for firefox on my new PC with Edge (without adblocker) and get sponsored malware in the results.

I still use windows but I think installing software on Linux is way more convenient. Especially with the AUR.

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[-] twinnie@feddit.uk 98 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Let’s not cherrypick scenarios to try and pretend Linux is easier than Windows. Most normal people are nervous interacting with a GUI pop-up that gives them two options, never mind putting them into a terminal window where they could seriously fuck up their machine. What about clicking the download link on a webpage, clicking next a few times and having them software on your machine, compared to having to build something from GitHub (how many people here have never had to do that?).

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 55 points 5 days ago

This applies to pretty much all "Linux good, Win/MacOS bad" memes. I just assume that people either aren't really serious about them and it's just tongue in cheek, or they don't have any contact with regular people.

I used to work as a(n assistant to the) sysadmin and the things I got called over never stopped to amaze. For instance, there was a case when software was updated on the work machines and I got called because some lady couldn't use Adobe Acrobat. "It is asking me something, I don't know what". I come over and it's just a TOS Accept/Decline window.

Some people do not understand computers to an extent that they can lock up in a state of confusion when a button has been moved 100px in any direction from its usual position.

[-] Ofiuco@lemmy.cafe 18 points 5 days ago

or they don't have any contact with regular people.

This gets my vote, the memes are so disconnected from reality they feel forced and not funny

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 5 days ago

Most normal people are nervous interacting with a GUI pop-up that gives them two options, never mind putting them into a terminal window where they could seriously fuck up their machine

Maybe this is a problem that we should be addressing, rather than just making technology more of a black box, and raising generations of people who have no fucking concept of how any of it works.

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[-] aski3252@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago

Unless you have a system without a GUI, you don't need to open a terminal in order to update or install stuff. There is a GUI for that. And no, you don't need to build stuff from GitHub for normal user stuff..

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[-] IHateReddit@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

been using linux for a few years both on servers and my pc and I never had to build sth myself

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This was made by someone who has never used either

[-] Zink@programming.dev 14 points 4 days ago

Eh, Windows complaints tend to get pretty hyperbolic much of the time. It’s slow and annoying but I’ve always worked with it

But the description of the Linux update process matches my experience with mint, pretty much. I even use the GUI update utility because it will put a little icon in the bottom corner of the screen. It’s quick even if I’m using a program that’s going an update, and if the kernel gets updated it’s just like “hey remember to reboot buddy!”

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[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

IDK, but I more often had issues with installing apps to Linux than to Windows, usually dependency-hell related ones, but once I had trouble enabling snap on Linux Mint.

[-] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago

If you're enabling Snap on Mint, you might as well install Ubuntu.

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

but once I had trouble enabling snap on Linux Mint.

Seems like a win

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

Mint activity tries to protect you from using snap.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 days ago

I can't remember the last time I got a DLL error on my Windows laptop, honestly. I don't think that's ever happened on my current computer.

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[-] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 53 points 5 days ago

I haven't had a DLL issue in Windows in like 20 years.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Edge (Microsoft browser) thinks the Microsoft Teams exe installer FROM MICROSOFT SERVER is malware, no joke.

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 28 points 4 days ago
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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 57 points 5 days ago

No restart require on Linux is a joke, right? Because I get updates that require restarts as often as I get them on Windows when updating Mint.

[-] Camille@lemmy.ml 67 points 5 days ago

Unless you're updating the kernel itself, there is little chance you actually need to reboot your machine. Just restarting whatever service or application you're using should do the trick.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 25 points 5 days ago

Just following the update manager instructions

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[-] tsugu@slrpnk.net 35 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Open terminal

See whether the app is in my distro's repos, flathub, or snapcraft (It's not)

Go on the internet, search up the app's name

Download the AppImage (might be a virus)

LibFuse2 is not installed (fuck me)

Install LibFuse2

Install Gearlever to integrate AppImage into my desktop

I can finally launch the app

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[-] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

Been using Linux off and on since 2003-ish. I remember the days of having to compile applications and having to download various dependencies. Linux now is so streamlined and easy. Minus gentoo.

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[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What the actual fuck are you smoking?

At least update this meme to the 2010s if you won't go to the 2020s

[-] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

somepackage requires otherpackage version >10.1.79

otherpackage is already at latest version

Have fun compiling it yourself and messing up what is managed by the package manager and what's not. And don't forget that the update might break some other package along the way

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[-] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 21 points 5 days ago

You're forgetting winget. It's actually really good.

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