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Does it come in a special container to attach to some huge headphones. So people can see how serious I am about perfect sound whilst on the underground trains.

I want some of that mud!

I want everyone to have the benefit of Linux. It's not just about me. We'd then get those missing applications and drivers. And if anyone wanted to get away from the mainstream, there are distros just for that.

I need a good DE for launching apps and switching tasks. As a mouse user I found Gnome poor in launching apps. Huge mouse movements needed, and hard to lay out the launcher apps as I need them compared to Plasma. Id consider Gnome if I found a suitable replacement launcher. It would need favourites, category navigation and search.

Yes. Tap the Spacebar during the drag, to get a copy at that position.

It's a very quick way to create lots of copies at different positions.

I never do any of that. I'm sure a lot of non IT people don't either. At best they'd get an app to do specialised tasks for them. Sadly too many gatekeepers tell people considering Linux, they must use the command line. But I never use it. So that's clearly not true for normal users.

People do use it differently. I never use the CLI on Windows or Linux. I'm not in IT. I just do everyday user things. Many of which don't even have a CLI command.

> i get made fun of a lot.

Yes. They don't understand you need a way that works for you. We are all different. There is no one-size-fits-all.

It'd be fun if Europe could shut off access to European tech such as GSM phones, ARM chips and Linux/Android. Sure its not going to happen. But many forget European tech is part of critical systems.

Yes. Also good. But if someone has hacked their bike so its no longer safe or it enters a category where it needs different insurance or registration, it is easier to enforce before any dangerous behaviour has occurred. Otherwise its often too late, after an accident.

Different user types have different capabilities. Some think in terms of text. Others are more visual. Neither is wrong. Just like a left handed person is not wrong. Good usability is about adapting the software to the person. Not the person to the software. For a lot of what I do there is no text command. And for many, the CLI is an unfamiliar interface. So it's a productivity disadvantage to switch over to a CLI just for a single command when the rest of the time you are in a GUI.

Yes. I agree these chatbots are another text interface like a CLI. So to me that's again a barrier to usability when I wish to refer to graphical or linked logical items on my screen that don't have any text description. I don't work in a purely text world, where usually there are no CLI commands for what im doing.

Its likely these people find a chat bot easier as they don't need to memorise a command plus modifiers exactly letter perfect. Where one mistype can fail, or worse. Two big issues people have with a CLI. And the chatbot output is made readable too. Where on a CLI it's hard to know if something worked, not being familiar with the terminology it spits out.