• RejZoR@lemmy.ml
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    23 days ago

    There is nothing productive about searching online for some stupid command that is outdated for 2 years, breaks some shit and then you need another 2 hours to unfuck it because it’s not obvious from the long noodle of a command how to revert it. For something that could just be 3 clicks through control panel that every idiot could navigate without having to use online search engine.

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      23 days ago

      I agree. For regular user facing tasks, the terminal should be a last resort. I say this as someone who will happily defer to the terminal if I need more advanced control. But when basic configuration is subject to just CLI, it’s not as accessible as it could or should be

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      23 days ago

      So, I wonder what happens if we add an option for every single one of those tasks in the UI? O right!

      msvc.exe is calling!

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      23 days ago

      Go to a free online AI (or run one locally) and ask it your Linux questions.

      That way you won’t have to dig around old forums for answers.